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A rare enamelled silver Coronation chocolate box, Cooper Brothers and Sons, Sheffield, 1901
Estimate
1,200 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Cooper Brothers and Sons, Sheffield, 1901
- width 12.5cm, 4 7/8 in, in original red leather case
rectangular, the lid enamelled with oval portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and inscribed: Coronation Day June 26th 1902
Provenance
According to the August 1902 company journal of Rowntree and Co., York, the present lot is a silver version of the painted tins produced by the firm for presentation by the new King and Queen "for the Coronation Dinners to the poor of London and the Tea to the maid-servants. Their Majesties have been graciously pleased to accept copies of the tins made in silver." The Rowntree family evidently kept a small number of the silver versions, the offered lot having been given to their head coachman and descended in his family to the present day.
Catalogue Note
Cooper Brothers and Sons entered their mark on 22 June 1900, listing as their address the Don Plate Works, Arundel Street, Sheffield.