Silver - 21st July 2010

Lot 428

A travelling fitted toilet set

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1400

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Description

A travelling fitted toilet set, retailed by Asprey, the gold mounts by Mappin and Webb, London 1919 and 1924, the silver-gilt pieces by Asprey and Co, London 1930, comprising: a five-piece gold mounted tortoiseshell dressing table set, including a hand mirror, two hair brushes, two clothes brushes, with foliate pique inlay, plus a comb, and various silver-gilt mounted items with engine turned decoration, including a soap box, a scent bottle, four toilet jars, (one glass body a.f,) a shoe horn, a nail buffer, a nail file, a button hook, a pair of gilt metal scissors and a small crocodile box, in a fitted crocodile case, approx. weight of silver 11oz.