Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 22nd October 2013

Lot 714

‡A gem set mounted tortoiseshell dressing table set

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £750

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Description

‡A gem set mounted tortoiseshell dressing table set,

retailed W. Leuchers,

mounted with a rose-cut diamond monogram, comprising: a toilet jar, a hand mirror, two hair brushes, a brush, two clothes brushes, a shoe horn, a pair of glove stretchers, four combs, (two later), in a fitted leather-bound case, the hinged cover applied with a silver-gilt monogram.

Provenance: Sold on behalf of the executors of the Hon. Mary Anna Marten, dec'd of Crichel House.