A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot TBS 1
A rare Victorian Irish silver 'castle-top' card case
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000
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Description
A rare Victorian Irish silver 'castle-top' card case, Dun Laoghaire harbour,
by John Schriber, Dublin 1863,
rectangular from, the front with a view the harbour entrance with the harbour wall and lighthouse, with a ship to the left and the port and hills behind, chased foliate scroll decoration on a matted background, the reverse with similar decoration, and with a cartouche, engraved with a crest and inscribed 'From Schriber and Sons 1864', length 10cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.