Fine Silver - 24 Oct 2017

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λA Victorian silver-gilt travelling dressing table set

£1,000 - £1,500 £1,000

λA Victorian silver-gilt travelling dressing table set,

by John Harris, London 1853, retailed by F.W. West, No.1 St James's Street,

with engine-turned decoration and chased foliate decoration, initialled, fluted glass bodies, comprising: a beaker, a pair of scent bottles, with stoppers, a toilet bottle, a travelling inkwell, and six various toilet jars / boxes, plus an eight-piece manicure and writing set, with mother-of-pearl handles, in a fitted velvet tray, two ivory brushes and a hand mirror, a desk seal, in a fitted brass bound hardwood case, the interior of the cover fitted with a mirror with an easel back and a stationary wallet, the jewellery drawer stuck in a closed position, the case with initials, with a key, length of case 37.2cm, approx. weighable 15oz.

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