Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 21st October 2026
Lot 521
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, Southampton Bargate,
Estimate £600 - £800
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Description
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, Southampton Bargate,
by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1844,
rectangular form, the front with a view of the Southampton Bargate, engraved foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and a worn initialled cartouche, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, The Arthur Holder Collection, (Part III) 25th April 2017, lot 741.
Christie's Interior Sale, South Kensington, 30 June 2015, lot 264.