Nécessaire de toilette en argent par Carrington & Co, Richard Comyns et Lionel Alfred Crichton, Londres, 1914-1938

comprenant un miroir de table, un miroir à main, une grande boîte de toilette, deux paires de boîtes de toilette, une paire de flambeaux, une paire de coupes couvertes à deux anses, une paire de petites boîtes à onguent couvertes, deux paires de flacons à parfums de forme légèrement différente, une paire de brosses à cheveux, une paire de brosses à habits, une autre brosse à habit, un blaireau, un coussin à épingles et deux petits plateaux rectangulaires à pans coupés 

One glass stopper with some chips, two clothes brushes with indistinct marks, general condition excellent, bristles are new and the set is ready to use Marks as follows: Carrington & Co 1914-1916: Table mirror, Hair brushes, clothes brushes, large jars, pair of larger boxes, pair of candlestick, one tray, hand mirror, one whisk; Crighton 1935-1938: One tray, pair of scent bottles, pair of little jars, pair of smaller boxes, pair of bowls, one whisk, pin cushion Comyns 1933: large toilet box
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Ce service de toilette est la copie d'un service composite fait à Londres entre 1673 et 1682, aujourd'hui au Sterling et Francine Clarke Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachussets. Voir Beth Carver Wees, English, Irish and Scottish Silver..., New York, 1997, no. 397

This toilet set is modelled on an assembled example made in London between 1673-1682,  now in the Sterling and Francine Clarke Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. See: Beth Carver Wees, English, Irish and Scottish Silver..., New York, 1997, no. 397