Silver & Objects of Vertu - 21st January 2020
Lot 646
λA Victorian silver-mounted travelling dressing table set
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
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Description
λA Victorian silver-mounted travelling dressing table set,
by Thomas Whitehouse, London 1862, retailed by Pearce, 77 Cornhill London,
the covers with engraved foliate decoration, and with a monogram, comprising: three scent bottles, four toilet jars, and three toilet boxes, with a pull-out tray, four ivory manicure items and a pair of scissors, with a push-button secret jewellery drawer, the inside of the hinged cover with a stationary wallet and mirror, in a fitted coromandel case with brass banding and with a central initial, approx. weighable 6.5oz.