Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 28th October 2015
Lot 439
λA Victorian silver-mounted travelling toilet set
Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £700
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Description
λA Victorian silver-mounted travelling toilet set,
by Thomas Whitehouse, London 1868, retailed by A. Simpson and Co., 154 Regent Street,
the mounts with chased and engraved decoration, the glass bodies with hobnail cut decoration, comprising: three scent bottles, four toilet jars and four toilet boxes, plus a pair of scissors, and four mother-of-pearl handled items including a corkscrew, a button hook and manicure pieces, and two other items, and three ivory brushes, in a brass bound coromandel case with a pull-out drawer, with a writing slope cover, the interior of the lid with a mirror and stationery wallet, with a key, length of case 32.8cm, approx. weighable 7.2oz.