Important South African Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics
Live Auction, 11 October 2010
Session One
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 5 000
About this Item
Birmingham & London, England
An Edward VII silver and tortoiseshell-mounted heart-shaped trinket box, William Comyns & Sons Ltd, retailer JC Vickery Ltd, 183 Regent Street, London 1906
the hinged tortoiseshell cover applied with swags, ribbons and musical trophies, with tulip-head border, the rim inscribed "IN MEMORY CAPTAIN WHITEHOUSE ST MORITZ 1907", on leaf-capped cabriole legs, 4,5cm high
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