Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 355
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £55
Cricket vesta. Silver vesta case with engraved presentation inscription ‘Presented to Mr Geo Bott. by his fellow players in the Wadsley Cricket Team 1907. Hallmarks for Sheffield 1906. Approximately 1.5”x1.75”. Minor wear and two small slight dents otherwise in good condition. Sold with a smaller silver vesta case which appears to have had a small circular gilt metal image of a cricketer affixed at some point in the past. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1901. 1.25”x1.5. Good condition. Qty 2
Wadsley is a suburb of the City of Sheffield in South Yorkshire