Description
A pair of Charles II silver Chinoiserie toilet boxes,
maker's mark only, that of PM between two stars, probably for Peter Monger, London circa 1680-85,
rectangular form, with oriental figures and birds within foliate settings, the pull-off covers unmarked and with foliate finials, height 11.5cm, approx. weight 22oz. (2)
For maker's mark see Jackson's, Ian Pickford edition, The Antique Collector's Club, 1989, page 138, where this maker is noted for a tankard with Chinoiserie decoration.
For an illustration and write up of this maker's mark see: Mitchell, D., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, The Boydell Press, 2017, pages 435.
