CIRCA 1785, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-MOUNTED AND BANDED MAHOGANY CUTLERY BOXES
CIRCA 1785, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
Each with sloping lid and simulated stop-fluted columns flanking a handle, shield and pierced escutcheon to the front, enclosing a fitted interior, the mounts with maker's mark CW and post-1784 duty mark; together with a small George III shagreen cutlery box
The pair: 15 in. (38 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep
The shagreen box: 7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high (3)

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The star-inlay to the inside of the lids on this pair of cutlery boxes can be found on the pair of bookcases and the 'Violin Bookcase' supplied to Henry, 10th Earl of Pembroke, for Pembroke House, London and now at Wilton House, both of which have been associated with payments to Chippendale (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. I, pp. 147-150 & vol. II, pp. 42-44). The red wash to the interior is a feature found on much of the furniture Chippendale supplied to William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries (c. 1699-1768) between 1759-63. The fine checquer-banded edge moulding, ogee bracket feet and red-wash can be found on a fine 'Chippendale' mahogany decanter box formerly in the collection of John Barratt at Crowe Hall, Bath, sold Christie's, London, 16 December 2010, lot 272 (£20,000).