Rare Victorian Patented Silver Butt Marker "The Sportsman's Pathfinder"

A rare and fine quality Victorian silver Butt Marker of a patented design, the rounded rectangular case of purse form with clasp closure and attached suspension ring, the gilded interior with ingenious multi-barrelled hinge with eight pockets opening to produce the 8 numbered silver pegs in a cascading fan pattern when the case is opened. The face engraved with a crest of a unicorn's head issuing out of a Ducal Coronet.

By John Millward Banks, London, 1899. Patented and retailed by Albert Barker Ltd.

Also stamped to the side: "The Sportsman's Pathfinder" & Albert Barker Ld, London Pat .22108.

Sold - £1,500.00