Duchess of Windsor interest: A William & Mary silver oval tobacco box
Maker's mark ET with a mullet between and two pellets below, London 1691
The pull-off cover engraved with a coat of arms with a ropetwist and reeded rim, the base with similar rim and engraved with an "A O R D" monogram within a floral scroll frame, length 9.8cm, weight 4.5oz.
The pull-off cover engraved with a coat of arms with a ropetwist and reeded rim, the base with similar rim and engraved with an "A O R D" monogram within a floral scroll frame, length 9.8cm, weight 4.5oz.
Estimate:
£3,500 - 4,000
€4,100 - 4,700
US$ 5,500 - 6,300
€4,100 - 4,700
US$ 5,500 - 6,300
Footnotes
- Provenance: ex lot 200, Sotheby's Geneva, April 2/3, 1987, The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor.
These are the arms of BRAINE or BRAYNE originally of Gloucestershire quartering (probably) OWEN-ap-MEREDITH.
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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