Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 31st October 2023
Lot 1550
An early-Victorian silver 'Castle-top' card case, York Minster,
Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £2520
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Description
An early-Victorian silver 'Castle-top' card case, York Minster,
by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1847,
rectangular form, hinged cover, the front with a scene of the Minster, within foliate scroll decoration on a matted background, the reverse with similar decoration, and with a vacant cartouche, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.4oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 6 November 1995, lot 13.