A Late Victorian Memento Mori Silver Trick Vesta Case by William Summers 1881 sub-Macabre- Medicine and surviving from the last

and surviving from the last quarter of eighteenth century Germany and the southern district of Kempten

Length: 31 inches

He altered the house which was known as Fonthill Redivivus redesigned the lake and built a temple and a pagoda

the flush-hinged cover carved and applied with a central skull and the interior being tortoiseshell lined

A Late Victorian Memento Mori Silver Trick Vesta Case by William Summers 1881 sub-Macabre- Medicine and surviving from the lastOrigin: 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