oval, later mounted in gold as a tie pin, in leather case, stamped: W. Mimpriss & Son / Goldsmiths & Jewellers / 32 Davies Street / Berkeley Square; a gold-mounted glass scent bottle, Dutch control mark for 1813-1906, 11cm., 4 1/4 in.; a double-opening porcelain scent bottle, in Wedgwood style, gold screw caps, apparently unmarked, 20th century 9.7cm., 3 7/8 in.; and a shagreen lighter, applied with monogram PC in diamonds, stamped: Flakidor / AZ

First item: Manuscript Catalogue of Miniatures and Objects of Art, n.d., p.16, ‘Memorial pin given to John 1st Lord Crewe of Crewe on the death of Mr Fox .... Given to Robert Earl of Crewe by the Hon. Henrietta Crewe’; last item: the monogram is probably that of Lady Margaret Etrenne Hannah (Peggy) Primrose Crewe-Milne.

1. Excellent condition 2. Much dented with some splits to gold and foot detached. 3. Needs cleaning. 4 stained and shagreen lifting up from lid.
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The first Lord Crewe was a most faithful supporter of Charles James Fox (1748-1806), the celebrated Whig politician, representing Cheshire in parliament for 34 years. He was not particularly active in the House except for the promotion of a bill passed in 1782 attempting to curb some of the rampant corruption in elections in the so-called ‘rotten boroughs’; the act thereafter bore his name. Despite attempts by Fox’s rivals to woo Crewe, he remained loyal and was finally rewarded with a much-desired peerage in 1806, the year of Fox’s death.