Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 393
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000
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Description
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case,
by Nathaniel Mill, Birmingham 1846,
rectangular form, scroll borders, the front with a raised scene of an unidentified the church or cathedral, on a matted background, within foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and with a cartouche, inscribed 'Adele Ferris, 1850', length 8.8cm, approx. weight 1.5oz.
Provenance: purchased in these Rooms, Silver, 29 April 2014, lot 914.
Although this church has not been firmly identified, there are similarities with St. Botolph's church in Boston, Lincolnshire. Another suggestion is that there are resemblances with The New Church in Delft.