Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 5th July 2017

Lot 395

A Victorian mahogany Campaign decanter box

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £170

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Description

A Victorian mahogany Campaign decanter box, the hinged lid inset with a brass plaque and inscribed 'Major James Duff 23rd Rt Welch Fusiliers', the interior with four glass decanters, two with silver plated lids, with a Hobb's patent lock and sunken brass side carrying handles, 26.6cm high, 20.4cm wide, 17.9cm deep.

Colonel James Duff (1831 - 22 December 1878) was a British Army officer and Conservative Party politician from Westwick in Norfolk.