Property from the Collection of the Earl of Home, including 'The Montagu Heirlooms' (Lots 1-32)
A gold-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box, unmarked, English
Auction Closed
May 22, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
rectangular, the mother-of-pearl lid inset with a gold medallion of Queen Anne, dated: 1712, polished gold sides and reeded gold mounts, mother-of-pearl base, apparently unmarked
7.2cm., 2 7/8 in. wide
According to notes in historic inventories, a gift from Queen Anne (1665-1714) to Allen, 1st Earl Bathurst, (1684–1775),
then Lionel Hervey [-Bathurst?], a gift from a Dr Home [?] to Cospatrick Alexander Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home (1799-1881) in February 1842,
thence by descent in the collection of the Earls of Home at The Hirsel, Berwickshire.
The 1904 inventory details the following provenance. 'This box a present from Dr Home to Lord Home Feb. 1842 said to have been given by Queen Anne to the 1st Lord Bathurst”.’ The 1938 inventory adds, 'The box was given by Dr. Hume [sic] to Lord Home in 1842 and Dr Hume obtained it from Lionel Harvey [sic] whose family was a branch of the Bathursts'.
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’], Lady Home’s Sitting Room, Light Wood Cabinet, p. 58;
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, Central Hall, Upright Cabinet, p. 5.
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