GUY'S TOWER WARWICK CASTLE. A rare Castle Top Viniagrette made in Birmingham in 1839 by Taylor & Perry.
GUY'S TOWER WARWICK CASTLE. A rare Castle Top Viniagrette made in Birmingham in 1839 by Taylor & Perry.
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The Vinaigrette is broad rectangular in form with raised foliate borders. The sides and base are decorated with engine turned designs around a vacant oblong cartouche. The interior is finely gilded and displays a grille, intricately pierced with pluming foliate scrolls and a flower head detail. This piece is in excellent condition and is very well marked, including a sterling mark on the underside of the grille. The cover displays a castle top view in relief of Guy's Tower, Warwick Castle, with the castle apartments to the left. This most popular choice of view amongst nineteenth century artists was illustrated in a great many prints. An identical box of the same date and by Taylor & Perry is shown on Plate 246, Page 152 of "Silver Boxes" by Eric Delieb.
Length: 1.6 inches, 4 cm.
Width: 1 inch, 2.5 cm.
Height: 0.4 inches, 1 cm.
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