Victorian Silver Castle-top Vinaigrette - Castle Howard

An extremely rare Victorian silver Castle-Top Vinaigrette, the base and sides engraved with foliate scroll and fern decoration with a vacant shaped cartouche, the lid with raised scene depicting Castle Howard in Yorkshire in high relief on a textured ground. The silver gilt interior with hinged grille pierced with floral scrolls and a flower head. Complete with original velvet lined fitted Morocco leather case.

By John Tongue, Birmingham, 1846.

Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, within the civil parish of Henderskelfe, located 15 miles (24 km) north of York. It is a private residence and has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. Castle Howard is not a fortified structure, but the term "castle" is sometimes used in the name of an English country house that was built on the site of a former castle.

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