Property from the Collection of the Earl of Home, including 'The Montagu Heirlooms' (Lots 1-32)
A two-coloured gold toothpick case, Christopher Binger, London, 1791
Auction Closed
May 22, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
navette form, with beaded border and chased lemon gold sides, the lid centred with a blue enamel plaque applied with diamond-set initials: EH below an earl's coronet, fully hallmarked,
8.8cm., 3½ in. wide
Lady Elizabeth Scott (d.1837) who married Alexander Ramey-Home, 10th Earl of Home (1769-1841),
thence by descent in the collection of the Earls of Home at The Hirsel, Berwickshire.
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, Lightwood Cabinet, p. 56;
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. 4.
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