Toilet box (one of a pair) (part of a set), 1766, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 2 x 5 1/16 x 3 5/8 in. (5.1 x 12.9 x 9.2 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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Toilet box, pair, part, set, 1766, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall, confirmed, 2 x 5 1/16 3 5/8, 5.1 12.9 9.2 cm, Metalwork-Silver, John Parker, active, 1759–77, Edward Wakelin, active before, 1748, died, 1784, boxes, toilet service, sold, leading London, retailers, Parker, Wakelin, Heathcote, years earlier, married, heiress Lydia, Moyer, accounts, sale, service included, eight, candlesticks, two, essence pots, looking glass, jewells trunk, octagonal pierced, trays
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