Lot 123
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Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
Description
A mid Victorian silver-gilt mounted hardstone and pearl-set table casket
William Nicolls of Cambridge, London 1849-50
the rectangular casket of renaissance style with engraved and applied C-scrolls and cartouches, the hinged top with swags of natural pearls framing the hardstone panels, the sides with scrolling corner supports with female head capitals, standing on four pairs of slender hooves, the interior velvet lined
25cm wide (maximum), 13.5cm high, 18cm deep (maximum)