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352. A lady’s silver-mounted dressing table set, by Mappin and Webb, London 1912/13, the pieces initialled BMM, comprising: a carriage clock of rectangular form, hinged carrying handle, four scent bottles, square form, hob-nail cut bodies, screw-off covers, an atomiser, two oval dishes, five various toilet jars, two toilet jar covers, an unassociated toilet jar, a hand mirror, a pair of brushes, a pair of clothes brushes, three further brushes, two combs, an unassociated comb, a shoe horn, a pair of glove stretchers, a lipstick holder, a nail buffer, a pen knife, and a ten-piece manicure set, in a fitted mahogany lady’s kneehole dressing table, in the manner of John Bagshaw and Sons, the hinged panelled top concealing a triptych pull-out mirror with bevelled plates, with two hinged compartments and glass trays, and two secret drawers above two frieze drawers, and with a central drawer, on square tapering legs, height 86cm, length 94cm, approx. weighable 15oz. £800-1,200 Provenance: purchased from Chiromo House sale, Kenya, property of Lady Macmillan, then belonged to Lady Brenda Rogers and then bequeathed to the present owner.
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353. A silver and tortoiseshell mounted dressing table set, by W C Griffiths, Birmingham 1919, comprising: a spirit flask with a pull-off drinking cup, a pair of scent bottles, five further dressing table jars and pots, a five-piece tortoiseshell brush and mirror set, a comb, a five-piece manicure, plus a purple leather covered vesta holder, travelling inkwell, a stationary case, a jewellery box, a needle case, in a fitted travelling £300-400 case with initials and a storm cover.
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354. A silver-mounted travelling dressing table set, by Asprey and Co, London 1912, the covers initialled, comprising: a silver-mounted spirit flask with a pull-off drinking cup, plus five various silver-mounted glass jars and bottles, a seven-piece manicure set with ivory handles, a purple leather stationary wallet, two jewellery boxes and various brush covers, in a fitted purple leather case, initialled ‘H.R’, approx. weighable 4oz. £250-300