£1,250
Jewellery, Watches & Silver | 661
Auction: Jewellery, Watches & Silver
cased Insignia of the Third Class of the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Osmanieh with the corresponding paperwork; a cased silver model of an Egyptian pillar, the top with four tiers, and Egyptian hieroglyphs to the front, the rear engraved "Isna Barrage, opened by HH The Khedive, Feb 9th 1909, G. S. Perry Souvenir from Ransomes and Rapier Ltd, Ipswich" in a fitted case for Lamberts of London; a cased presentation model of the standing Egyptian god Hapi, commemorating the heightening of the Assouan dam opened in 1912
G S Perry, involved in the building works at Assouan
Note: An interesting group of items relating to the construction, and opening, of the Aswan (Assouan) Low Dam or Aswan Old Dam between 1899 and 1902 and of work to raise it in 1907-1912.