Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017

Lot 451

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2600

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Description

A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case, The Tower of London,

by David Pettifer, Birmingham 1848,

rectangular form, scroll borders, the front with a raised scene of the Tower, from the River Thames, on a matted background, within foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and with a vacant cartouche, length 10.2cm, approx. weight 2oz.