the brass-bound rectangular case inlaid to top and front with engraved brass and mother-of-pearl floral borders, the sides with flush carrying handles, the green velvet lined interior with a lift-out tray over a void and a hidden drawer below springing open on a button concealed to centre of rear hinges, the tassel-upholstered lid concealing a stationery folder, brass lock-plate foliate engraved and inscribed 'TURRILL / Dressing & Writing Case Maker / 250 REGENT STREET / London', fitted with its complement of twelve cut-glass boxes or jars with silver covers (two with lids secured by a screw), the silver engraved with a roundel initialled ACJ surrounded by foliate strapwork, hallmarked for Thomas Diller, London, 1844, together with two trays of fifteen steel implements or pens, many white agate or mother-of-pearl mounted and including an agate thimble (one pair scissors missing), with key, case 38cm long (qty)
Sold for £1,700
the brass-bound rectangular case inlaid to top and front with engraved brass and mother-of-pearl floral borders, the sides with flush carrying handles, the green velvet lined interior with a lift-out tray over a void and a hidden drawer below springing open on a button concealed to centre of rear hinges, the tassel-upholstered lid concealing a stationery folder, brass lock-plate foliate engraved and inscribed 'TURRILL / Dressing & Writing Case Maker / 250 REGENT STREET / London', fitted with its complement of twelve cut-glass boxes or jars with silver covers (two with lids secured by a screw), the silver engraved with a roundel initialled ACJ surrounded by foliate strapwork, hallmarked for Thomas Diller, London, 1844, together with two trays of fifteen steel implements or pens, many white agate or mother-of-pearl mounted and including an agate thimble (one pair scissors missing), with key, case 38cm long (qty)
Auction: European Works of Art, Objects & Silver, 21st May, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The auction ‘European Works of Art, Objects and Silver’ is one of our biannual live sales offering a range of ceramics, sculpture, works of art and silver from around the world, as well as objects of vertu.
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