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Item: Vesta Case Description: Enamel: Coat of Arms, Magdalen College Hallmark: Birmingham 1901 by John William Barrett Dimensions: 49mm x 38mm; 35g weight Comments: An excellent vesta case bearing the enamelled coat of Arms of Magdalen College Oxford to one side and an engraved inscription "1st/Half Mile/E.S. Kemp" (probably presented as a rowing prize) to the obverse. Fine condition (maker's mark part worn). The College Arms are adopted from those of it's founder William of Waynflete's. The description is: Lozengy (or Fusilly) sable and ermine, on a chief of the first three lilies argent. The lilies are borrowed from the Arms of Eton College. Magdalen College was founded in 1448 and is particularly noted for it's contribution to the sciences. Seven Nobel prize winners are numbered amongst it's graduates, as are CS Lewis, Oscar Wilde and Dudley Moore. Price: SOLD Ref. No.: HU/6725 |
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