Silver & Objects of Vertu - 04 Feb 2025
λ A collection of antique silver and tortoiseshell stamp boxes,
λ A collection of antique silver and tortoiseshell stamp boxes,
comprising: one by Carrington & Co, London 1896, with wavy-edge borders, and two display compartments to the cover, one possibly by William Comyns & Sons, London 1910, with a mother-of-pearl and silver inlaid tortoiseshell cover on a glass body, and another similar, two tortoiseshell boxes with applied 'Stamp' to the covers, and a silver-mounted tortoiseshell box possibly by Cohen & Charles, Birmingham circa 1910. (6)
Provenance: A Private Collection.