Box cover
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1770 - 1800
Materials
Silver
Measurements
100 mm (Length)
Place of origin
India
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624262.7.2
Summary
Cover for one of six (sixth) boxes - Part of a late 18th century Indian filigree silver suite, comprising an oval basket with swing handle and six shaped boxes with covers on stands. Under a glass dome. All presented to William Wynch by the Nabob of Arcot, circa 1790. (See his portrait, Willis bequest, in the Great Hall.) Purchased from Lady Elton, October 1989. £1200.
Provenance
Presented to William Wynch by the Nabob of Arcot circa 1790.