The lid carved in relief with a scene of Venus and Cupid among clouds, the edges set with glass pastes, the sides decorated with mother-of-pearl panels and gouache landscapes behind glass on lion's paw feet, the hinged lid enclosing a mirror and embroidered velvet cushion, the removable fitted tray containing mother-of-pearl and enamelled giltmetal-mounted implements, with old rectangular card inscribed '[...]UPPERFIELDE/71 Park St W.1./Mayfair 2909./This Work Box was the property of/Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840)/2nd Daughter of H.M. King George III', with circular 'Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection' label, inscribed 'PR 25', losses and repairs to fittings
3⁵⁄₈ in. (9.5 cm.) high; 10 in. (25 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep

H.R.H. Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), according to a card.
(Mr.)? Upperfielde, 71 Park Street, W.1., according to a card
With Mallett. London, 16 May 1968, where acquired for £340 by Sir Emanuel and Lady Kaye, Hartley Place, Hartley Witney,
sold, Christie's, London, 20 September 2001, lot 475, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The lid of the 'necessaire de toilette' celebrates love's triumph with a rose-flowered and cameo-cut oyster-shell depicting a coastal vignette with Cupid-embraced Venus in her swan-drawn chariot; while the façade of the ormolu box incorporates tablets of flower-engraved shell and coastal vignettes behind glass.