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Reference: S11507
Period: Victorian
Year: 1900
Silversmith: J. Batson & Son
Place: London
Price: $ 520.00
Weight: 44 grams
Dimensions: 5.3 cm by 4.3 cm
Condition: Excellent, hinge and closure perfect, one tiny dent to one corner and slight oxidation to lid, this case has not seen much use. Gilding excellent.
Description: A Boer war antique silver vesta case, presented as a memento by General Sir Leslie Rundle, the Commander of the 8th Division of the South African Field Force. The vesta case is the usual rectangular shape, with spring hinged lid and gilded interior, and striker on the base, and a connecting ring so it could be attached to a fob chain. The case is good quality and in remarkably good condition, we think this was preserved by the owner and not used, many vesta cases of this period were well used and condition is often poor. The case is engraved on one side with a flag and "VIII" for 8th Division, the other side is engraved "S. AFRICA 1900 from L.R". The vesta case and lid are both clearly hallmarked for London 1900, and makers mark HBA for John Batson & Sons, who worked between 1851 and 1936, they were noted as "Army accoutrement makers" - source John Culme, Gold & Silversmiths, page 34. General Sir Leslie Rundle GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO (1856-1934) was a British Army General in the Boer War and First World War, when he was appointed to command the 8th Division of the South African Field Force in 1900 as Lieutenant General aged 44, the Times newspaper described the appointment as "the most remarkable instance of advancement to high military office which has occurred in the recent history of the Army" - source Wikipedia.
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