Lot 7: A George III 18 carat gold and coral mounted child's rattle by John Ray & James Montague, London 1810

by John Ray & James Montague, London 1810
The whistle mouthpiece engraved with scrolls, the body of square section with canted corners chased with panels of ribbon-tied bouquets separated by and bordered with laurel leaf bands, six bell attachments partly engraved with foliate decoration, the socket for the coral decorated with festoon and laurel bands with stiff leaf scalloped border, all on a matted ground, coral teether, red leather case, length 12.8cm.