Card case

Silver smallwork is a designated area of the silver market in its own right but even this particular sector has its own sub-divisions.

To collectors of the so-called castle-top card cases, subject matter is everything. Pictured here is a great rarity.

Among the miniatures and novelties at Dreweatt Neate’s 2 April sale, there was especial interest in a 37-lot private collection of card-cases amassed over 50 years by an Oxfordshire vendor.