Live Auction 2259Important Objects of Vertu, English, Continental and American Silver
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Lot 237 Property from a New Jersey Collector

A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CARD CASE

MARK OF THOMAS WHIPHAM, LONDON, CIRCA 1765

Closed22 May 2009

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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CARD CASE
MARK OF THOMAS WHIPHAM, LONDON, CIRCA 1765
Rectangular, finely engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms in rococo cartouche, marked on bezel with maker's mark
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) long; 5 oz. 10 dwt. (175 gr.)

With Hobart House

Specialist note

The arms are those of Lyttleton Frankley in Worcestershire