Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 28 Oct 2015

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A Victorian silver-mounted travelling toilet set

£800 - £1,200 £1,500

A Victorian silver-mounted travelling toilet set,

by Thomas Johnson, London 1860,

the mounts with chased and engraved foliate scroll and trellis decoration, initialled, the glass bodies with hobnail cut decoration, comprising: three scent bottles, four toilet jars and four toilet boxes, plus a steel corkscrew, two pairs of scissors, and five mother-of-pearl handled items including a pen knife, button hook and manicure pieces, in a brass bound coromandel case with two pull-out drawers, one with a writing slope cover with tooled decoration, the interior of the lid with a mirror and stationery wallet, with a key, the cover inscribed 'S. Greatorex', with a leather storm jacket, length of case 33.3cm, approx. weighable 7.2oz.

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