Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017

Lot 443

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1400

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Description

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case, Crystal Palace,

by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1853,

rectangular form, scroll borders, the front with a raised scene of the Palace, on a matted background, within chased foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and with an initialled cartouche, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.1oz.