Sold for:
$1,880
$1,880
Four Wedgwood Mounted Boxes, England, 18th century, an oval ivory patch box inset with rose gold trim, dark blue jasper medallion with applied white relief depicting Hebe, (ivory cracked, trim lifting), lg. 3 3/4 in.; an octagonal fruitwood patch box with cut steel beaded trim, dark blue jasper medallion with applied white relief depicting the Sacrifice to Hymen, (wood surface cracked), lg. 3 3/4 in.; octagonal ivory patch box with oval blue jasper portrait medallion, lg. 3 1/2 in.; and a tortoiseshell lined gutta percha circular box, metal beaded inlay and with blue Wedgwood and Bentley portrait medallion, dia. 3 in. Provenance: Byron Born Collection.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-07-19
