Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 25th October 2022 - 25th October 2022
Lot 266
A pair of late-Victorian Regimental silver menu card holders
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £120
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Description
A pair of late-Victorian Regimental silver menu card holders, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment,
by Henry Brown, London 1891,
modelled as the regimental badge, one with a crown around its neck, on raised circular bases on wooden plinths, engraved 'H McC' for Harry McCalmont', height 7.2cm. (2)
The menu card holders were presented to the mess when McCalmont joined the 4th Bn of the Regiment.
Harry McCalmont (1861-1902) joined the army in 1879 and by 1888 he had got involved in horse breeding. In 1895 he entered Parliament when he won the Newmarket seat for the conservatives. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Honoury Colonel of the 4th Battalion and he served in South Africa 1900-1901. He returned to take up his seat in Parliament, but died in 1902 at the age of 42.