Dressing Table Accessories, 20th century

each bone china piece printed and coloured with tied flower bouquets, comprising; three brushes, two rectangular bottles and stoppers and a square box and cover; also a white porcelain nautilus shell jug; a Copenhagen flower painted bowl and cover; a Hammersley floral decorated egg shaped box and cover; a French porcelain trinket dish; a giltwood hand mirror, 3 modern enamel boxes; and an ivory mounted dressing table set with the initials 'H' and coronet (for Hartington), including four backed brushes, a button hook and glove stretcher (26)

Alvilde Lees-Milne and Derry Moore, The Englishwoman’s House, London, 1984, p. 40, illustrated on the dressing table in the Duchess’s Bedroom.

All in generally good condition except: The square box and cover has a haircrack running down the rim and forking into two directions along one corner of the base. The shell jug has two small rim chips. The giltwood mirror has some chips and losses to the outer edges and rubbing to the gilded surface, notably to the handle, all of which are consistent with use and age.
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