A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case, Queen's College Cork,

by Frederick Marston, Birmingham 1856,

rectangular form, the front with a view of the College, chased foliate scroll decoration on a matted background, the reverse with similar decoration, and with a vacant cartouche, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.1oz.

Queen's College was founded in Cork in 1845. It is now known as University College Cork (UCC). The scene depicted shows the north wing of the Main Quadrangle. The famous architects, Thomas Deane & Benjamin Woodward, designed the Tudor Gothic style Main Quadrangle with the south side of the square being enclosed by a wall instead of buildings. The north wing houses a unique collection of Ogham Stones, thought to be burial stones or boundary markers.