Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 336
A Victorian silver engraved vinaigrette
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A Victorian silver engraved vinaigrette, William Shakespeare's House,
by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1849,
rounded shaped rectangular form, the hinged cover with an engraved scene of the house, the interior with a pierced and engraved foliate scroll grille, the sides and base with engraved foliate scroll and engine-turned decoration, the base with a vacant cartouche, length 5.2cm, approx. weight 0.8oz.
Provenance: purchased at Christie's, South Kensington, Objects of Vertu and Miniatures, 18 March, 2003, lot 159.