A rare William and Mary silver counter box

A rare William and Mary silver counter box,

maker's mark TS, attributed to Thomas Steed, London 1690,

cylindrical trefoil form, the pull-off cover with an armorial within foliate scroll and palm leaf mantling, the underside of the base with a monogram, length 4.8cm, height 3.2cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.

The arms are those of an unknown family impaling Campbell quartering Lorn for the Dukes of Argyll.

A near pair to this box is in the Lion Collection, entry number 44.

See: Culme, J., British Silver Boxes, 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, The Antique Collector's Club, 2015, page 59.

The provenance of the Lion Collection box: The Property of the Viscount Scarsdale and the Kedleston Trustees, Christie's London, King Street, 7 March 1990, lot 32. Also with Alastair Dickenson, London 2006.