Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 28th October 2015

Lot 568

A Victorian 'castle-top' card case

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £700

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Description

A Victorian 'castle-top' card case, Windsor Castle,

by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1845,

the front with a full scene of Windsor Castle within foliate scroll decoration, on a matted background, the reverse with a scroll cartouche, inscribed 'To H. Arnot from her Sincere friend W.C. Smith, London, 3rd April 1846', length 10cm, approx. weight 2.3oz.