Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu

A late Victorian silver presentation key, the ‘bow’ engraved to a central oval plaque: ’EASINGTON WATERWORKS presented to Miss L. F. Hall on the occasion of her opening the above Waterworks 27th September 1895’, the reverse engraved ‘Engineers Fairbank & Son Westminster & York Contractor Thos. Bell Market Weighton’, with scrolling foliate surround, the ‘bit’ modelled as a monogram of the initials (L.F.H.) of the recipient, with maker’s mark J.E. (possibly overstruck), hallmarked for Birmingham 1895, length 18.7cm. £150-£200