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Item: Card Case Description: Crystal
Palace "Castle Top" Hallmark: Birmingham 1850 by
David Pettifer Dimensions: 100mm x 71mm rectangular; 65 g weight
Comments: A rare castle top card case with
crisp high relief detail of the Crystal Palace within a scroll surround.
There is a vacant cartouche (no erasures) to the reverse side. Excellent
condition.
The year this case was made (1850/1) was the year of The
Great Exhibition for which the Crystal Palace was constructed. It would
have been sold as memento to a visitor.
Price: SOLD
Ref. No.: HT/8615
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