The 18th Century French gold box was stolen in 2003, by a a masked gang in blue boiler suits who smashed their way through a window.
In August 2021, one of the boxes was identified by the team at Art Loss Register (ALR) when it came up for sale at a UK regional auction house which subscribes to the ALR’s service providing due diligence checks on items for sale.
As soon as the ALR identified it, they alerted staff at Waddesdon, who checked the images and other details to confirm that it was in fact one of the stolen boxes. They then notified the auction house. They also contacted Thames Valley police so that they could investigate further given the seriousness of this theft and the number of other boxes still missing.
The stolen gold box has been returned to Waddesdon and is now on display in the Rothschild Treasury.
For more details, head to https://waddesdon.org.uk/blog/stolen-gold-box-returned-to-waddesdon/?fbclid=IwAR1Or03yTGLEsXES4iSA8k_NRJQA3YiDWf0PVa1dqeZobNrXLiHD0q8AVH0
Photo credit: © Paul Quezada-Neiman photos
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