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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  February 2016 Antique & Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  16 Feb 2016 ~ 10am (NZ time) (Lots 1 - 334)
  16 Feb 2016 ~ 5pm (NZ time) (Lots 340 - 683)
• Lot #:
  515
• Lot Description:
  A rare Victorian Scottish silver castle-top card case
  depicting Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland, the finely detailed engraved island vignette with a background of billowing clouds and radial turned sky, framed by an attractive scroll engraved background with castle turrets to the corners. The reverse engraved with acanthus scrolls on a radial ground framing a cartouche shield crested with a gorged hound's head erased. Edinburgh 1842 by James Nasmyth & Co. A similar example sold at Christies in 2013 topped the offering of 70 examples of pictorial card cases selling for £4500 hammer (£5625 incl. premium). see: http://tinyurl.com/Nasmyth-Card-Case.
• Estimate:
  NZ$1,500 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Silver

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