Exbury House: Le Goût Rothschild - 5th October 2022
Lot 55
A SILVER BUTT MARKER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £800
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Description
A SILVER BUTT MARKER
retailed by Clark, 32 New Bond Street, and with a registration number '412030', of rectangular form, the engine-turned decoration with the initials of Lionel Rothschild and inscribed 'Tirez Bien', the cover opens to reveal ten unmarked pegs enamelled in blue, with number one to ten in Roman numerals
4.5cm long (closed)
approx. weight 1.9oz.
Provenance
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House