A VICTORIAN SILVER CARD CASE AND A SILVER AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX

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A VICTORIAN SILVER CARD CASE AND A SILVER AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX
THE FIRST MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES RAWLINGS AND WILLIAM SUMMERS, LONDON, 1861; THE SECOND MAKER'S MARK OF JT, BIRMINGHAM, 1839

The first in the form of a book, engraved with flowers, scrolls and strap work, the hinged cover also engraved with a lozenge-of-arms, marked on interior and cover--3¾in. (9.5cm.) long (2oz.10dwt., 86gr.); the second with maker's mark of JT, Birmingham, 1839, oblong base with presentation inscription within engine-turned border, the sides similarly engine-turned, the hinged cover with chased floral rim, mounted with mother-of-pearl plaque carved with allegorical figures and coat-of-arms for the Oddfellows of Manchester Unity, marked on interior--3¼in. (8cm.) long (2)

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The arms on the card case are those of Neave with those of Hughes on an estucheon of pretence, as borne by Sir Arundell Neave, 4th bt., born in 1829. He married the Hon. Gwyn Gertrude Hughes and died in 1877.