$444
Souvenir Tortoiseshell Card Case from the Crystal Palace Exhibition, England, c. 1851, the front inset with an oval-format view of the palace, the back inset with a framed silver arabesque, with mechanical pencil and cloth-lined pockets to interior, 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. Popping to silver inlay on back. Chip to bottom left corner of tortoiseshell on back. Ripping to one fabric tab that pencil slides through.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-31