Victorian Silver Double Sided Castle -Top Card Case 'Warwick Castle ' and 'Kenilworth Castle' Agnes Tilghman

A Victorian silver double sided Castle- Top Card Case of rectangular form with engine turned decoration to both sides, a different raised scene to each side, one depicting Warwick Castle from over the river Avon with a fishing boat in the foreground and the other depicting Kenilworth Castle from the Elizabethan Garden. Three engraved and dated inscriptions to the sides:-

"Agnes R.Owen 1830". (16 years old in 1830).
"Agnes Riddell Tilghman 1870".
"Agnes Tilghman Lurman Aug 20th 1904". (16 years old in 1904).

By Taylor & Perry, Birmingham 1838.

Possibly a family keepsake handed down between three different Agnes's from the Tilghman family.

The Tilghman family of Maryland was a prominent family in the history of the U.S. state of Maryland.
Agnes Riddell Owen Tilghman (1814–1897) was a prominent member of Maryland society, connected to the historic Tilghman family of the Eastern Shore. Born to Kennedy and Agnes (Riddell) Owen.Marriage: In 1843, she married Lieutenant Richard Lloyd Tilghman (1811–1867) during one of his naval leaves. He was the second son of the family at the historic Gross' Coate estate.

£895.00