Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 16th April 2019

Lot 462

λA silver-gilt and ivory pill box

Estimate £300 - £400

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Description

λA silver-gilt and ivory pill box,

probably Austrian, with import marks for London 1937, importer's mark of Asprey and Co. Ltd,

rectangular form, canted corners, engine-turned decoration, plain ivory base, the ivory cover painted with a deer hunting scene, the inside of the cover inscribed 'After H.T. Alken (1784-1857), 'The chase of the Roebuck', orig. Collection of Frank S. Sabin', length 3.8cm.