Silver - 25th July 2007

Lot 683

An Edwardian 'souvenir' vesta case

Estimate £100 - £120 | Hammer £120

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Description

An Edwardian 'souvenir' vesta case, engraved with a view of "Marshall Keith's Statue - PETERHEAD" * by W. H. Haselor, Birmingham 1908. * Marshall Keith a son of Peterhead, became Frederick the Great of Prussia's most trusted general. He was killed in battle in 1758 and the statue was presented to the town by Prussia in 1868.