Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 29 Apr 2015
A Victorian silver-gilt mounted travelling dressing table set
A Victorian silver-gilt mounted travelling dressing table set,
by William Wright and Frederick Davis, retailed by S.Mordan and Co, London 1876,
the covers with engraved foliate scroll decoration, and with a monogram, the glass bodies with hobnail cut decoration, comprising: three scent bottles, seven silver-gilt mounted toilet jars and boxes, two hinged boxes, a button hook, and two manicure items, plus additional items London 1903 and 1910, including: a pair of hair brushes, a clothes brush, a button hook, a shoe horn, a pair of curling tongs, and a curling tongs heater, in a fitted brass bound wooden case, with interior gilded mounts and velvet lined, with a storm jacket, length of case 32.5cm, approx. weighable 15oz.
The monogram is that for The Hon. Violet Vivian.