The Arthur Holder Collection of Silver & Vertu (Part 1) - 25th October 2016
Lot 704
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case
Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £700
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Description
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, The Houses of Parliament,
by Foxall and Co, Birmingham 1850,
rectangular form, the front with a view of Parliament and the River Thames, with boats in the foreground, engraved foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar scroll decoration, and with a vacant cartouche, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.oz.
Provenance: Phillips, New Bond Street, November 1995, lot 119.