Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017

Lot 419

A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, St. Columb's Cathedral, Londonderry from the river Foyle,

by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1848,

rectangular form, the front with a view of city, scroll borders, engine-turned decoration, the reverse with similar decoration, and with a cartouche, inscribed 'Presented to Miss Blackburn by a few Attercliffe Friends', length 10cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.