Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 16 Apr 2019

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A Victorian silver travelling dressing table set

£1,000 - £1,500 £1,100

A Victorian silver travelling dressing table set,

by Thomas Whitehouse, London 1890, some pieces by George Betjemann & Sons, London 1874, retailed by Howell, James and Co., Regent Street,

the plain covers with a heavy bead border and with a crest and motto, glass bodies, comprising: three scent bottles, four toilet jars, and three toilet boxes, with an eight-piece steel and mother-of-pearl manicure and sewing set, in a fitted walnut case, with brass banding, the interior of the cover with a gilt-mounted removable mirror and a stationary wallet, the hinged drop down front with an unmarked silver-gilt hand mirror with a beaded border, a pull-out drawer, and a secret jewellery drawer, length 33.7cm, height 21.5cm, approx. weighable 16oz.

The crest is that of Roche.

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