Victorian Silver Castle-Top Aide Memoire Canterbury Cathedral & St Martin's Church

A fine and extremely rare Victorian silver Castle-Top Aide Memoire, of book form with leather binding, an integral silver propelling pencil held within three leather retaining loops and securing one side. Two shaped silver covers are superbly engraved, one depicting a view of Canterbury Cathedral and one with a view of St Martin's Church in Canterbury (the oldest Church in the UK). The silk lined interior with five bone leaves inscribed with the days of the week.

By Yapp & Woodward, Birmingham, 1847.

St Martin's Church, Canterbury.
The Church of St Martin is an ancient Church of England parish church in Canterbury, England, situated slightly beyond the city centre. It is recognised as the oldest church building in Britain still in use as a church, and the oldest existing parish church in the English-speaking world, although Roman and Celtic churches had existed for centuries. The church is, along with Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine's Abbey, part of a World Heritage Site. Since 1668, the church has been part of the benefice of St Martin and St Paul Canterbury. Both St Martin's and nearby St Paul's churches are used for weekly services.

£1,200.00