Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 25th October 2022 - 25th October 2022

Lot 273

A late-Victorian Regimental silver menu card holder

Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £70

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Description

A late-Victorian Regimental silver menu card holder, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment),

by Louis Dee, London 1880/81, retailed by Elkington and Co.,

modelled as the regimental badge, on a raised circular foot, height 7.8cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.

In 1881, the 7th (Royal Fusiliers) became The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). In 1968, the Regiment amalgamated with other Fusilier regiments to become the 3rd Bn., The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.