Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 442
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £550
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Description
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case, St. Paul's Cathedral,
by Wheeler and Cronin, Birmingham 1843,
rectangular form, the front with a raised scene of the Cathedral, on a matted background, within foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and with an initialled cartouche, length 9.9cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.
Provenance: purchased at Phillips, New Bond Street, 13 May 1998, lot 276.