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Yet, the rather provocative posture of the sitter indicates that this snuffbox was for personal and sentimental use. Elizabeth, Lady Conyngham (1769-1861) was a mistress of King George IV. The King was completely besotted with her and she bore him four children. On his death, the King bequeathed Elizabeth all his silver and jewels, but she refused the entire legacy. While she was excluded from court during the reigns of William IV and Victoria, two of her children became close acquaintances of the monarchs. \n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. 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Sotheby's, London, lot 54, December 15, 1989.  Garrard and Company, London. Acquired by Arthur Gilbert from S.J. Phillips Ltd, London, 1990.\n\nThe box was later owned by the great Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"A rectangular, varicoloured-gold chased snuffbox, the cover set with an enamel miniature under glass of the countess of Conyngham.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Truman, Charles.<u>The Gilbert collection of gold boxes</u>, Vol. I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, cat. no. 117, pp. 332-4.  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