Lot 356

VICTORIAN WALNUT AND BRASS POST BOX OF MILITARY INTEREST
19TH CENTURY

Auction: 24 June 2015 at 11:00 BST
£350
Description
the hinged cover mounted with an artillery shell casing and a brass plaque inscribed 'THIS SHELL WAS FIRED BY THE AFGHANS / AGAINST THE BRITISH / AT THE BATTLE OF THE PEIWAR KOTAL - 1879'
Dimensions
45cm wide, 41cm high, 28cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: Dollerie House, Perthshire
