Early Victorian Silver Snuff Box Birmingham 1840

Early Victorian Silver Snuff Box Birmingham 1840A great quality hallmarked silver snuff box hallmarked for 1840. This Early Victorian silver snuff box is rectangular in shape, quite shallow and has a striped engine turned decoration to the top, bas and sides with plain edges. It has a rectangular central cartouche which is unengraved and a shaped and decorated thumb piece. This is a lovely example of an early Victorian silver snuff box by a prominent Silversmith of the period. A great silver

shape and size

Ivy leaves are used to represent enduring love and it is highly likely this lovely silver vesta would have been given to someone special as a symbol of love or a strong friendship

Minimal signs of wear commensurate with age and use

and it is a nice gauge of silver

A really distinctive handmade silver bottle stopper produced in Birmingham by British Silversmiths

Date:  post 1989

6 1/2" x 4 3/4"  photograph

Hallmarked to the base and the side of the lid

Maker: George Paton

Length: 9cm

This is a lovely item that has been well loved but also well looked after and cherished

This silver vesta shows only minimal surface marks and scratches on the sides and cartouche associated with minimal use and are commensurate with age