A rare Victorian Scottish silver castle-top card case, depicting Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland, the finely detailed engraved island vignette with a background of billowing clouds and radial turned sky, framed by an attractive scroll engraved background with castle turrets to the corners. The reverse engraved with acanthus scrolls on a radial ground framing a cartouche shield crested with a gorged hound's head erased. Edinburgh 1842 by James Nasmyth & Co. A similar example sold at Christies in 2013 topped the offering of 70 examples of pictorial card cases selling for £4500 hammer (£5625 incl. premium). see: http://tinyurl.com/Nasmyth-Card-Case