拍品 85
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A VICTORIAN SILVER CARD CASE
A VICTORIAN SILVER CARD CASE

MARK OF YAPP & WOODWARD, BIRMINGHAM, 1846

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A VICTORIAN SILVER CARD CASE
MARK OF YAPP & WOODWARD, BIRMINGHAM, 1846
The front engraved with Wellington Arch, the reverse engraved with scrolls, engine-turning, diaperwork, diagonal bands and a central floral spray, all on an engine-turned ground, reverse of cover with cartouche initialled E.W
4 in. high (10 cm.)

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Wellington Arch, built 1825/27, was originally intended as an outer entrance to Buckingham Palace but in 1846 it became a pedestal for a huge statue of the Iron Duke. It was only when the arch was moved in 1883/85 that the statue was taken down and the current statue of the four-horse chariot replaced it in 1911/12.