Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 14 Jul 2021
λA Victorian silver-gilt travelling dressing table set
λA Victorian silver-gilt travelling dressing table set,
by George Betjemann and Sons, London 1885,
plain covers with a large monogram cipher, comprising: four bottles, five jars, and five toilet boxes, fitted in two swing-out trays, which reveal two further trays with secret compartments, plus a tortoiseshell hand mirror, four brushes, a pair of glove stretchers, a shoe horn, and two smaller mirrors, all with the gilded monogram cipher, the interior of the velvet lined cover with a gilt metal mirror and stationery wallet, in a fitted brass bound coromandel case, the cover with the monogram cipher, length 37cm, approx. weighable 26oz.