Property from the Collection of the Earl of Home, including 'The Montagu Heirlooms' (Lots 1-32)
A collection of gold and gilt-metal objects of vertu, early 19th century and later
No reserve
Auction Closed
May 22, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
comprising: a metal mesh purse, early 19th century, the bands with stylised acorn pendants, apparently unmarked, 8.5 cm, 3 3/8 in. high;
a 9ct gold cigarette case, Birmingham, 1902, the front of the plain gold body engraved with initial D, dated 1902, pendant loop, 8.5 cm., 3 3/8 in. high;
A gold almanac, early 19th century, upright rectangular, both sides with basket weave engine-turning within floral borders, containing an almanac for 1821, apparently unmarked
By descent in the collection of the Earls of Home at The Hirsel, Berwickshire.
The gold cigarette case probably Charles Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home (1873–1951), styled Lord Dunglass between 1881 and 1918. He married Lady Lillian Lambton (1881–1966) on the 14th July 1902, so it is possible this case was a wedding gift.
A. W. Chisholm, Inventory of Antique Silver, Miniatures, Curious &c. belonging to the Right Hon. The Earl of Home [etc…], Edinburgh, February 1904, […] Content of Cabinets [The Montagu Heirlooms, 'From the Ditton Park Collection’], North Room, p. 61 (Calendar);
Lofts & Warner, Valuation of Jewels, Curiosities, etc at The Hirsel, Coldstream, The Property of the Right Hon. The Earl Home, K.T, London, June 1938, Lady Home's Sitting Room, Show Table, p. 25 (purse).
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