Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 31 Oct 2023
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' vinaigrette, Kenilworth Castle,
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' vinaigrette, Kenilworth Castle,
by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1837,
rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene of the castle, reeded sides and engine-turned base, foliate borders, with a vacant cartouche, the interior with a pierced and engraved silver-gilt foliate scroll grille, length 4.2cm, approx. weight 0.9oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 29 March 1995, lot 388.