Toilet box
John W. J. Deacon
Category
Toiletry
Date
1819
Materials
Ebony, gold, glass, mother of pearl, amethyst and ivory.
Measurements
440 mm (Width)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655807.1
Summary
A fine George III Macassar ebony toilet box with 18ct gold mounted fittings, John Deacon, London, 1819. Engraved with initials EAC below a Viscountess's coronet for Emily Anne Castlereagh, within leafy borders, comprising thirteen cut-glass boxes or jars with gold lids and fittings, two gold mounted red leather pin cushions, on eight piece gold, mother-of-pearl and steel manicure set, a gold and mother-of-pearl pen knife and a gold propelling pencil with amethyst matrix, two fitted drawers below containing a pair of ivory hairbrushes, a double comb and a clothes brush.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013
Makers and roles
John W. J. Deacon, goldsmith