Silver - 26th October 2011

Lot 598

A Victorian electroplated mounted ebonised wooden regimental table cigar lighter modelled as an...

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2100

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Description

A Victorian electroplated mounted ebonised wooden regimental table cigar lighter modelled as an early Armstrong breech loading field gun and limber, circa 1885, on a wooden plinth, with a presentation plaque inscribed, 'Presented to Capt Henry Holmes, by the members of No. 9 Battery of the 1st Essex Artillery, Volunteers and Friends at Hornchurch, as a token of esteem and their appreciation of this support to the volunteers cause 29 January 1885', length 55cm.