拍品專文
It has been suggested that this piece is modelled after a gun bore gauge marker.
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MARK OF SAMPSON MORDAN, LONDON 1886
細節
An unusual Victorian vesta case
MARK OF SAMPSON MORDAN, LONDON 1886
Of slightly tapering cylindrical form, the sides enamelled with two colunns of odd and even numbers, additional numbers to one side, against a black, beige and blue ground, the top of the cover part formed as the head of a screw and enamelled with the word "War" -- 2½ins. (6.3cms.)
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MARK OF SAMPSON MORDAN, LONDON 1886
Of slightly tapering cylindrical form, the sides enamelled with two colunns of odd and even numbers, additional numbers to one side, against a black, beige and blue ground, the top of the cover part formed as the head of a screw and enamelled with the word "War" -- 2½ins. (6.3cms.)
See Illustration
注意事項
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