Box (one of a pair) (part of a set), John Parker, 1766/67

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Box (one of a pair) (part of a set), 1766/67, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 3 x 7 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. ( x x cm), Metalwork-Silver, John Parker (British, active 1759–77), Edward Wakelin (British, active before 1748, died 1784), These boxes were part of a toilet service sold by the leading London retailers Parker and Wakelin to John Heathcote, who, a few years earlier, had married the heiress Lydia Moyer. Parker and Wakelin’s accounts for the sale show that the service included eight such boxes, a pair of candlesticks, two 'essence pots,' a looking glass, a 'jewells trunk,' and a pair of octagonal pierced trays

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