Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 458
A rare Victorian silver castle-top card case
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4000
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Description
A rare Victorian silver castle-top card case, St. Michael's Mount,
by George Bower and Son, Birmingham 1846,
rectangular form, scroll borders, the front with a raised scene of the Mount with the royal yacht The Victoria and Albert, to the right, and other yachts of the Royal party surrounded by various small boats, within foliate scroll decoration on a matted background, the reverse with similar decoration and with a vacant cartouche, length 10.3cm, approx. weight 2.3oz.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited St. Michael's Mount on the 6 September 1846.