Silver & Objects of Vertu - 02 May 2024

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A Victorian silver travelling dressing table set,

£800 - £1,200 £945

A Victorian silver travelling dressing table set,
by Frederick Purnell, London 1878,
plain mounts, engraved with initials, clear glass bodies, some glass missing and some damaged, comprising: a travelling inkwell, a vesta box with striker, five toilet boxes, a circular jar, two circular toilet boxes, an oval jar and two mounts, the inside of the hinged cover set with a gilt mounted velvet mirror, glass a.f, and a stationary wallet, plus various implements including a dental mirror medicine spoon, a thimble, a penknife, a needle case, four manicure items with gilt-metal handles, a corkscrew and other items, in a fitted tray, plus a later medicine spoon, in a fitted brass-bound coromandel case, with a drawer and writing slope, initialled, length 37.5cm, approx. weighable 20oz.

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