Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2. - 23rd July 2020
Lot 914
A rare William and Mary silver counter box
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4000
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Description
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.