Lot 455 , A 19th century alabaster souvenir Stanhope peep vase, Thames Tunnel view, height 11cm

A 19th century alabaster souvenir Stanhope peep vase, Thames Tunnel view, height 11cm

£40-60

Condition:
Painted flowers and inscription (Bought in The Thames Tunnel) with some wear. Lens fitted in top. Alabaster structure generally good and consistent with age. Internal inscription is not easily read but believed to be “1200 feet long. 10 feet below high water mark. Was 8 years building. And cost 6000 (?). Opened the 25th day of March, 1843. There is a picture of the tunnel through the lens.

Sold for £65