Presentation case
Asprey and Co. Ltd
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Gilt, Satin, Velvet
Measurements
5.875 x 10 x 5.875 in
Place of origin
Haymarket
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Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429235.2
Summary
Box covered in maroon cut velvet and lined with white satin and velvet. Brass clasp on top holding together two hinged sides. Interior with identical maker's mark in gilt on each lid 'R and S. Garrard and Co/ Goldsmiths and Jewellers/ To the Crown/ 25, Haymarket London'. Presentation case for silver gilt casket containing certificate of Admission of the Earl of Beaconsfield to the Freedom of the Grocers' Company (see NT/HUG/V/8A).
Marks and inscriptions
'R and S. Garrard and Co/ Goldsmiths and Jewellers/ To the Crown/ 25, Haymarket London'
Makers and roles
Asprey and Co. Ltd, maker