General Description : Circular metal sovereign holder with belt or garter around a shield engraved on the front. It opens by pushing down on the button at the top. A spring inside with a curved edge keeps the sovereign in place.

Additional information : Sovereign cases such as this were extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, usually made to be carried at one end of a gentleman's 'Albert' or watch chain. The sovereign was a gold coin first issued in 1489. It discontinued after 1604 but restarted again in 1817. The coin would be held in place by a spring mechanism in a short cylinder. Sovereign holders were made in different styles including those designed to hold more than one coin or half sovereigns.

Material : metal
Technique : engraved

Measurements :
diameter (cm)  3
diameter (ins)  1.2

Creation date/period : 1880-1910
Creation place : England

Object number : 1968.55