Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 423
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case
Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £1600
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Description
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, Walmer Castle, Kent,
by Thomas Dones, Birmingham 1852,
rectangular form, the front with a view of the castle, within foliate scroll decoration, inscribed 'WALMER CASTLE', the reverse with similar decoration and with a crested and initialled cartouche, length 9.8cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.
The crest is that of Lister of Yorkshire.