A George II silver box and cover, Charles Kandler, London, 1727

circular, the box applied with fluted columns and blank cartouches, stepped reeded foot, the underside engraved with a later crest and scratchweight 6=8 1/2, the domed cover applied with scroll-leaf capitals, armorial engraved within a baroque cartouche

Sotheby's, London, October 9th 1969, lot 153
Christies, London, March 4th 1992, lot 188

Fully hallmarked on body with maker's mark and lion passant on cover, good clear hallmarks, scratchweight and engraving on underside, the engraving slightly worn on cover but still visible, nice weight, generally in good condition.
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The arms are those of Edward Howard, 9^th Duke of Norfolk (1686-1777) and his wife, Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Edward Blount, whom he married on 26 November 1727. This box no doubt formed part of a toilet service which formed part of their wedding plate. The distinctive columns and applied cartouches on the side of this box match other pieces supplied to the Norfolk family by Kandler around the same time, including a set of baluster casters, some of which remain at Arundel Castle.

Edward Howard, a lifelong Jacobite, was arrested for high treason in the wake of the uprising in 1715, and was only saved from the scaffold by the exertions of his brother, Thomas, the 8^th Duke, who secured his release.