Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 31 Oct 2023
A late-19th century Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel mounted rock crystal casket,
A late-19th century Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel mounted rock crystal casket,
maker's mark of H.B for Herman Bohn, Vienna,
rectangular form, the sides and cover with rock crystal panels carved with birds and foliate scroll decoration, within enamelled foliate scroll and mask borders, the four corners with lapis lazuli columns, each mounted with a putto, silver-gilt interior with enamelled foliate scroll decoration, length 16.7cm, height 13.5cm.
Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence by descent through the family.