Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 2 - 25th January 2012

Lot 782

A Victorian silver-gilt and silver mounted dressing table case

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A Victorian silver-gilt and silver mounted dressing table case, by Thomas Johnson, London 1865, retailed by Leuchars, the covers with engine-turned decoration and central cartouches with turquoise borders and engraved with a cipher and coronet, comprising: a set of three scent bottles, four jars, and four boxes, with an oval beaker, a double ended medicine spoon, plus a thimble, a nine piece manicure set, a dental mirror, in a fitted velvet lined brass bound Macassar ebony dressing case, the interior of hinged cover with a mirror, also with a jewellery drawer, approx. weighable 15oz.