$225
Estimate: $150 - $250
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
Chinese export silver match safe. Hinged lid. Unmarked. Engraved on top: “Twelve V All Comers/’HAT’ Won by E.O. Smith/3rdVictim H.E. Wodehouse/Hong Kong 6th October 1888.” Weight: .690 oz. t.
Henry Ernest Wodehouse (1845-1929) was P.G.’s father and a magistrate in Hong Kong.