£9,000
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts | 530
Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST
18ct gold, the rectangular body with slightly baluster sides to the body with scroll formed corners and chased floral panels emanating to surround cartouche of classical buildings and castle the base with flat chased rococo scroll borders, the hinged cover with simple thumbpiece and chased with vacant scroll formed cartouche and surrounded by scrolls and classical buildings, the interior of the cover engraved 'Presented to Robert Steuart Esq of Palmerston by The Members of the East Lothian Club as a mark Gratitude & respect for his service as their secretary 1826'
Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 19 November 1965, lot 138
Private Family Collection
Notes: 19th century Scottish gold boxes are extremely rare. Currently as few as four are recorded. one by James Erskine of Aberdeen (Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum Collection). One by James McKay with presentation curling scene (Institutional Collection), and another of the same pattern as this by MacKay & Cunningham. For the only comparable example to this see 'TWO GREAT SCOTTISH COLLECTIONS: PROPERTY FROM THE FORBES OF PITSLIGO AND THE MARQUESSES OF LOTHIAN' Sotheby's London 28th March 2017 lot 53