Lot 446
A group of four silver patch boxes and a small mirror
Auction: 11 February 2015 at 10:00 GMT
Description
the mirror, Lawrence Emanuel, Birmingham 1903, of circular form, swivel cover with enamelled swallow tail burgee for the Royal Yacht Squadron; a large table box and removable cover, Charles & Richard Comyns, London 1917, the cover with applied silver and enamelled flag pole and burgee for The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club; a group of three circular boxes and covers, each with enamel flag for the A Holt shipping line, two engraved, each with tss Patroclus and tss Sarpendon
Dimensions
Largest: 78mm diameter
Footnote
tss Patroclus - built Scotts of Greenock, 1923, torpedoed 1940. tss Sarpendon built in 1923 by Cammell Laird & Co. at Birkenhead, launched 1923, lead ship of a lass of four, cargo liner but with accommodation for first class passengers, not requisitioned for war service and survived the war until 1953. The Alfred Holt shipping line was more commonly known as the Blue Funnel Line