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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  August 2014 Antique & Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  12 Aug 2014 ~ 9.30am (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  427
• Lot Description:
  A rare Victorian silver double-sided castle-top card case
  depicting Windsor Castle on one side, and Warwick Castle on the other. Both views have very fine detail, and are set on an attractive floral chased and engraved background. The Windsor view is of the East Terrace, showing the new garden created for King George IV, an uncommon castle-top view. The Warwick view is across the Avon River. Birmingham 1841 by Nathaniel Mills.
• Provenance:
  Provenance: to our vendor circa 1934 from an unknown uncle, the gifting recorded on a card enclosed; further annotated ‘A Souvenir of War 1914-1918, Battle of Somme, taken from a German Officer. He must have taken it from English soldier previously as it has an English woman’s name on case’ (Ann Roberts)
• Estimate:
  NZ$2,000 - 2,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Silver

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