Details
The Carman box with silver-gilt lining, the silver cover chased with a rococo cartouche with birds and cornucopia and engraved in centre with a coat-of-arms beneath a crest, the Bateman box with double opening cover chased with large foliate scrolls, each marked in the cover with maker's mark only; one silver-plated box, chased on the cover with scrolls and shells cartouche engraved in centre with a crest; the fourth silver-plated box with half shell hinged cover
278 in. (7.3 cm.) to 314 in. (8.2 cm.) long
The arms on the Carman box are those of Ward.
Provenance
The Carman box: Christie's, South Kensington, 5 March 1996, lot 270.
The complete shell: Steppes Hill Farm Antiques, Olympia Antiques Fair, 29 February 1996.
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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