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Lot 118: A Collection of Twelve William Morris and Althorp Fine Bone China Trinket Boxes
2026-09-02T09:00:00Z
Start price: £10
Lot 118:
A Collection of Twelve William Morris and Althorp Fine Bone China Trinket Boxes
Description
An English fine bone china collection of twelve lidded trinket and pill boxes of varied forms, including heart-shaped, hexagonal, rectangular, oval, and round examples. The majority of the items feature transfer-printed Arts and Crafts style floral and foliate patterns, such as Strawberry Thief and Willow Bough designs, each finished with a gilded rim. One oval box is a commemorative piece featuring a pale blue ground with a central white silhouette profile of Diana, Princess of Wales, framed by a laurel wreath. The bases bear printed black backstamps. Several boxes feature a circular mark reading THE WILLIAM MORRIS COLLECTION around the border with FINE BONE CHINA and MADE IN ENGLAND to the centre. The commemorative box features two marks: one beneath the lid showing a three-feather crest above the word ALTHORP and the date 2000, and a base mark including a Spencer family crest above text reading Taken from the Temple at Althorp, home of the Spencer family since 1508 and MADE IN ENGLAND.
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