The Arthur Holder Collection of Silver & Vertu (Part 1) - 25th October 2016

Lot 721

A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £4200

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Description

A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, Trafalgar Square,

by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1848,

rectangular form, the front with view of the National Gallery, Nelson's Column, and St. Martin's in the Fields, engine-turned decoration, the reverse with similar decoration, and with an initialled cartouche, length 8.5cm, approx. weight 1.4oz.

Provenance: Lawrence's Crewkerne, 14th October 2014, lot 735.