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EARLY 18TH CENTURY Each plain rectangular on spreading stepped base and comprising a casket, a brush and two pairs of boxes in two sizes, each engraved with a coat-of-arms The casket: 9? in. (24.5 cm.) wide; the pair of large boxes 5? in. (13.5 cm.) wide; the pair of small boxes 4 in. (10.5 cm.) wide The arms are most likely those of Beaumont, Poole or Thorp, following a marriage to a lady of European descent.
Walter Lees, whose collection Christie's sold in 2010, was a renowned figure in Paris and London in the post-war period. Arriving in Paris in 1948 as honorary attaché at The British Embassy, he befriended the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Hubert de Givenchy and Nancy Mitford. A devotee of David Hicks 'tablescapes', he cleverely used silver and silver-gilt to maximum effect, in a completely original way, creating brilliant juxtoposed interiors.