Box
Asprey & Co Ltd
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1927
Materials
stone, metal, bone
Measurements
56 x 92 x 97 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1656798
Summary
An Asprey white stone box with a hinged lid, the lid with a green stone inlay border. Metal hinge stamped Asprey Made in England Asprey Chester 1927. Currently containing paperclips and a rose carved bone ivory necklace.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped on the inside of the hinge: Asprey made in england GB AS lion passant, Chester, B
Makers and roles
Asprey & Co Ltd , maker