Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 31st October 2023
Lot 1566
A Victorian silver 'Castle-top' card case, The Scott Memorial,
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £756
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Description
A Victorian silver 'Castle-top' card case, The Scott Memorial,
maker's mark worn, Birmingham 1870, also engraved with a Victorian lozenge registration mark,
rectangular form, the front with a raised scene of the memorial within fern and foliate scroll decoration, on a matted background, the reverse with a bust of Sir Walter Scott within fern and foliate scroll decoration, in a fitted case, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.1oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Sotheby's, London, 13 July 2013, lot 163.