Leopard Antiques Castle-Top Card Case - Windsor Castle, Kenilworth Castle

Castle-Top Card Case - Windsor Castle, Kenilworth Castle

Reference: S1374 Period: Victorian Year: 1839 Silversmith: John Tongue Place: Birmingham Price: $ 1 200.00 Weight: 83 grams Dimensions: 9.6 cm * 6.9 cm Condition: Good, has a repair to a dent in the engine turned front (see photo). Small dents on base, remnants of engraved name on top. Description: A double sided Castle-Top card case, depicting Windsor Castle on one side, and Kenilworth Castle on the other. Both views have very fine detail, and are set on an attractive engine turned background. The Windsor Castle view is of the East Terrace, showing the new garden created for King George IV. The Kenilworth Castle view has a right facing heraldic bear in the left hand foreground, which signify ownership by the Dudley family (Cameron, The First Castle Tops, Silver Society Journal 12, pg 65). The hallmarks are very clear. John Tongue, an established maker of boxes including Castle-Tops, worked between 1831 and 1865.

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