The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

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A pair of George III silver mounted boxwood strung and rosewood crossbanded mahogany serpentine knife boxes, London, 1792

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March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A pair of George III silver mounted boxwood strung and rosewood crossbanded mahogany serpentine knife boxes

London, 1792


with fitted boxwood strung interiors, the silver escutcheons engraved with the crest of Bowen, on ogee bracket feet

38cm. high, 23cm. wide, 28cm. deep.

Lt. Gen. Reginald Edward Knatchbull (1812–1885), was the son by the second wife of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt. He married firstly, Lucy Eleanor (d.1846), the daughter of Captain William Bowen;
Presumably it was through this union that the pair entered the collection.