A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED DRESSING-TABLE SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1837
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Closed: 9 Apr 2025
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A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED DRESSING-TABLE SERVICE
The central circular box was in regular use on the Dressing-Table of the bedroom, while the entire service was often on display in the Dining-Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.
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Marks clear; engraving clear. Some very light scratching and pitting. The circular box with worn gilding on cover and on stand. The milk jug with one spot of gilding worn. Chip to glass rim of one of the small oblong jars. Glass rim of one of the long oblong jar sanded down at one corner and with tiny chips to other corners. One of the square jar with bubble imperfection in glass now broken through on inside. Light rust spots to the steel blades and parts of the implements. More compartments in the box to accommodate jewellery. The case with light scuff marks, some cracks in the wood; tiny section of marquetry lacking at front left hand-side corner. Brass reeding partly missing on cover and one section lifting also on cover. Scuff marks to the velvet lining and some holes in the cover lining.
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Lot 561Sale 23865
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1837A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED DRESSING-TABLE SERVICEEstimate: GBP 30,000 - 50,000
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