Two Cigarette Cases
Sale 2109 - Property from the Aline Elwes McDonnell Trust
Jun 21, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$953
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two Cigarette Cases
comprising a gold and silver banded example monogrammed 'HMcD' and further engraved '1925' to interior of case, and an enameled silver example decorated with maritime alphabet flags marked for George Unite, 1894.
6 ozt gross (silver enameled example only)
Height of larger example 4 3/4 x width 3 1/4 inches.
6 ozt gross (silver enameled example only)
Height of larger example 4 3/4 x width 3 1/4 inches.
Provenance:
Aline Thorold (1869-1951) m. Ernest James Wythes (1868-1949) at Copped Hall, Essex, until 1917 and The Wood House, Essex, thereafter and by descent to
Barbara Dorothy Wythes (1896-1984) m. (Francis) Guy Robert Elwes (1895-1966) at The Wood House, Essex until 1961 and Ham Spray House, Marlborough, thereafter and by descent to
Aline Mary Margaret (Elwes) McDonnell (1923-2023) m. Hubert McDonnell Jr. (1919-2004), Greenwich, Connecticut, and thence by descent
Pictured:
An 1807 engraving of Copped Hall, S. Rawle from a drawing by S. Shepherd.
Aline Elwes McDonnell and Family, circa 1954.
Condition Report
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