Victorian Silver & Enamel Sentry Box Vesta Case 'The 5th Dragoon Guards'

A fine Victorian silver and enamel Vesta Case of Sentry Box form, with hinged peaked lid, the face enamelled with a trooper from 'Princess Charlotte of Wales's' 5th Dragoon Guards, wearing medals from the Egyptian Campaign.

By Sampson Mordan, London, 1886.

This is one from a series of silver and enamel Vesta Cases depicting ‘Soldiers of the Queen’ produced by Mordan around the time of Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887. It was originally thought that the Sentry Box Vesta was limited to a series of perhaps 10 or 12 different examples made specifically for the Jubilee. Around 25 (?) different Regiments have now been recorded.

Sold - £4,250.00