Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017

Lot 445

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £750

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Description

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case, The Houses of Parliament,

by Edward Smith, Birmingham 1849,

rectangular form, scroll borders, the front with a raised scene of the Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge, on a matted background, within foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and with an initialled cartouche, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.3oz.

Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Interiors, 12 march 2013, lot 98.