Silver Vesta With Shield Shaped Cartouche Birmingham 1900

Silver Vesta With Shield Shaped Cartouche Birmingham 1900A Victorian silver vesta of typical rectangular form. Profusely decorated with scrolling foliage design around a central shield shaped cartouche. The decoration is edged by a band of wavy decoration. A lovely collectable silver vesta. Assay Office: Birmingham Maker: G Loveridge & Co Date: 1900 Condition This vesta is in good condition with just one minor dent down the side. The decoration is clear and crisp with no rubbing. The vesta closes well and

The front and back are decorated in the same pattern and the front has a blank unengraved cartouche

Date: 1959

There are light surface marks to the sides and base commensurate with age and light use

The decoration is crisp with no signs of rubbing or damage

The handle is engraved to create a border and an inner cartouche which is monogrammed

Date: 1875

It is a good weight and sits well when displayed

This shows veins of greens

None of the above detracts from this piece and it is a lovely collectable George III snuff box

This silver vinaigrette is profusely decorated to the top with a diamond and dot pattern and a much plainer and simpler reverse

A really pretty Victorian silver Tea Caddy

Maker:  D Bros