Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 434
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, Bar Gate, Southampton,
by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1843,
rectangular form, scroll borders, the front with an engraved scene of Bar Gate, within foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and with an erased cartouche, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.
Provenance: Christie's Interiors, South Kensington, 30 June 2015, lot 264.