A Victorian Silver Vesta-Case, Maker's Mark Rubbed, apparently C? or...
A Victorian Silver Vesta-Case, Maker's Mark Rubbed, apparently C? or G?, Birmingham, 1896, oblong, cast and chased with a horse racing scene showing two horses racing towards the finishing post within a landscape, the hinged cover with a striker, 5.5cm wide, 17dwt
A very similar vesta-case to the present example, marked for Chester 1895, was sold in these room 17 July 2008, lot 679. That example features three horses galloping past a stand and seems to have been a more common pattern with many other examples known.
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A Victorian Silver Vesta-Case, Maker's Mark Rubbed, apparently C? or G?, Birmingham, 1896, oblong, cast and chased with a horse racing scene showing two horses racing towards the finishing post within a landscape, the hinged cover with a striker, 5.5cm wide, 17dwt
A very similar vesta-case to the present example, marked for Chester 1895, was sold in these room 17 July 2008, lot 679. That example features three horses galloping past a stand and seems to have been a more common pattern with many other examples known.
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