A Late Victorian Memento Mori Silver Trick Vesta Case by William Summers 1881 sub-Macabre- Medicine consisting of four smaller rows

consisting of four smaller rows graduating to three deeper rows each with grooved borders

We have priced the piece accordingly and an almost identical lion with similar deficiencies sold in Belgium at auction in 2016 for €1

There are knocks and chips that one would expect

This extraordinary showstopper is of course not for everyone…

We have tightened the joints of the back splat where it joins to the seat frame and have given her a light wax to bring out the wonderful colour and patination in the mahogany

A Late Victorian Memento Mori Silver Trick Vesta Case by William Summers 1881 sub-Macabre- Medicine consisting of four smaller rowsOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1881 Width: 2. 5 Height: 1. 5 The Victorian silver 'trick' vesta case by William Summers of London, in 1881, the whole of oval form, the top with applied domed skeleton memento mori plaque, on an engine turned ground with invisible hinged cover, opened by pressing on one long edge, to a serrated striker plate to one side, the whole surviving from the high Victorian period. The vesta