A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case, The Houses of Parliament,

by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1849,

rectangular form, scroll borders, the front with a raised scene of the Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge, on a matted background, within foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and with an initialled cartouche, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.3oz.

Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Interiors, 12 march 2013, lot 98.