Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 6th October 2021

Lot 774

A Victorian 18 carat gold engraved 'castle-top' snuff box

Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £7500

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Description

A Victorian 18 carat gold engraved 'castle-top' snuff box,

by Charles Rawlings & William Summers, London 1859,

oblong form, with finely engraved foliate scroll decoration, the hinged cover with a crest, the underside with an engraved scene of the ruins of a castle, length 8.5cm, approx. weight 84.8g.