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ESTATE TREASURE. RARE ANTIQUE EARLY 1800'S ENGLISH HAWKES & CO. (14 PICCADILLY ST. LONDON, ENGLAND) HAND FORGED METAL SAFE KEEPING BOX / IMPORTANT PAPERS BOX / DEED BOX / PERSONAL PAPERS BOX / CIGAR BOX WITH HANDLE AND BRASS PLAQUE OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER "O. GREAVES, ESQ., ROYAL HORSE GUARDS". ACCORDING TO FAMILY, PAPER INSIDE INDICATES THE BOX CAME FROM THE ESTATE OF SIR WILLIAM DAVID ORMSBY-GORE (1918-1985), 5TH BARON HARLECH, BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON UNDER THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION (1961-1965), MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HEAD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM DELEGATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS, ETC. FAMOUS FOR AT ONE POINT AFTER THE KENNEDY ASSASINATION PROPOSING TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY (ONASSIS). HER RESPONSE "YOU ARE LIKE A BROTHER TO ME" AS SHE WENT ON TO MARRY ARISTOTLE ONASSIS. METAL BOX MEASURES 14 1/4" BY 10 3/8" BY 5 1/4" TALL. SOME "MILD DIMPLING" TO FINISH. SOME SCRAPING TO SILVER FINISH AT BOTTOM FROM DECADES OF USE. OVERALL, IN VERY GOOD PERIOD CONDITION. JUST A RARE ESTATE FIND! PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS.....I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!