Decorative box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
circa 1760
Materials
gold
Measurements
13 mm (H)84 mm (W)64 mm (D)
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Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220216
Summary
Late 18th century gold rectangular freedom box, the lid finely repousse with a frigate and the mottoes 'Cork Arms' and 'Statio Benefida Carinis', within a rococo border and enriched figures of Britannia and a hound bearing the Union Jack. Indistinct makers mark possibly IR, c.1760.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust by Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) 1976
Marks and inscriptions
Cork Arms, Statio Benefida Carinis