Details
Each piece decorated with foliage and flowers and centering a later initial 'M' below a Royal Princess' coronet engraved on a plaque applied over 'C' cypher with a viscountess coronet above, comprising:
A small coffee-jug with detachable handle with stand and lamp, marked underneath, inside cover, on finial, on stand and lamp, the base of the coffee-jugfurther stamped 'Storr & Mortimer 243', 6 1/8 in. (15.9 cm.) high;
A hot water jug with articulated handle, marked underneath, cover, finial and handle, the base further stamped 'Storr & Mortimer 243', 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high;
A cream jug with leaf-capped handle, marked underneath, 6 1/8 in. (15.9 cm.) high;
A sugar bowl with an overhead handle, marked on end, 3 3/8 in. (9.4 cm.) long
Two oblong lobed glass scent bottles with internal stoppers and screw-off covers, marked inside cover and on neck mount, 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high;
A similar smaller pair, marked inside cover and on neck mount, 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high;
An oblong lobed glass jar with a pierced cover, marked inside, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high;
A pair of oblong lobed glass jars with covers, marked inside, 3¼ in. (8 cm.) long;
A single oblong jar with cover, marked inside, 5¼ in. (14.5 cm.) long;
Another larger pair with covers, marked inside, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long;
Another square-shaped pair with covers, marked inside, 2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm.) wide;
A pair of oblong jars with hinged locking covers, apparently unmarked, 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long;
A circular box with a detachable cover and a conforming stand, marked on cover bezel and under stand, the cover apparently unmarked, the stand 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) diameter;
A shaving brush, mark of Frances Douglas, London, 1851, 3½ in. (9 cm.) high;
Contained in a fitted brass-mounted rosewood case, with a single drawer fitted with twenty-two implements including a silver-gilt spoon, tongue scraper (both apparently unmarked), a silver-gilt mounted page holder with mark of Paul Storr, 1838 and nineteen mother-of-pearl mounted steel implements, the cover applied with a brass shield engraved with an initial 'M' below a Royal Princess' coronet
the case - 21 in. (53.3 cm.) wide
gross weighable silver 97 oz. (3,015 gr.)
The initial is that of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002).
Provenance
By tradition a member of the Danish Royal Family.
Major George Lamplugh Wickham (1852-1919), acquired circa 1885, then to his son,
Major John Lamplugh Wickham, M.V.O. (1886-1962),
A Gentleman [Major J. L. Wickham, M.V.O.]; Christie's London, 29 October 1947, withdrawn from sale and presumably sold privately to Queen Mary.
H.M. Queen Mary (1867-1953),
Presented to H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002), circa 1952, at which time Messrs. Garrard added H.R.H. The Princess Margaret's initial and coronet,
The Collection of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; Christie's, London, 14 June 2006, lot 351.
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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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