Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 345
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' vinaigrette
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' vinaigrette, Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford,
by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1842,
rectangular form, the hinged cover with a raised view of the Memorial, the interior with a silver-gilt pierced and engraved foliate scroll grille, foliate scroll borders, the sides and base with engine-turned decoration, the base with a vacant cartouche, length 4.8cm, approx. weight 1.2oz.