Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 31st October 2023
Lot 1551
An early-Victorian silver 'Castle-top' card case, Crystal Palace,
Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £882
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Description
An early-Victorian silver 'Castle-top' card case, Crystal Palace,
by Yapp and Woodward, Birmingham 1850,
rectangular form, hinged cover, the front with a scene of the Palace, within engine-turned decoration, the reverse with similar decoration, and with an initialled cartouche, in a fitted case, length 9.8cm, approx. weight 2.3oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 6 November 1995, lot 73.