Description
Antique English late Victorian solid sterling silver trinket/snuff box. Rectangular shaped box with plain sides & a hinged lid on the top. The top is beautifully decorated with a fine quality detailed embossed pictorial scene in a border with foliate decoration surround. Gilt lined interior with a felt edging around the inside. I don't think that the felt is original to the box but added later, as the inside is gilded I think that the box may have originally been made to hold snuff of tobacco. Fully hallmarked on the inside of the rim & the front of the lid. Lovely collectors item.
 
Assay Office
Birmingham
 
Date
1901
 
Maker
Deakin & Francis Ltd
Regent Place, Birmingham, England.
The original proprietors were Stephen Henry Deakin & John Horace Francis (brothers-in-law)
 
Weight
88.3 grams
 
Dimensions
76mm x 56mm x 27mm
 
Condition.
Excellent condition with light surface marks that are consistent with genuine age, use & polishing. There is a tiny little split on the front right hand corner of the lid 3mm in length, this can be seen in the photographs above.