Description

A very fine quality antique English solid sterling silver snuff box. Rectangular shaped box with engine turned decoration on the base & border around the cartouche on the top. Reeded decoration on the sides & finished with a repousse foliate decorated border around the top & bottom edge. Hinged lid on the top with thumb lift on the front to open a gilt lined interior. The inscription “Presented by No. 10 Senior Management Course April–July 1957” indicates that the box was selected decades after it was made as a commemorative presentation piece for a civil service, government, or administrative course tied to 10 Downing Street, the UK central administration during Harold Macmillan's tenure as Prime Minister. Hallmarked on both the interior lid & the base. Lovely collectors item.

Assay Office

Birmingham

Date

1836

Maker

TS

Could be any of these makers:

Thomas Smith/Thomas Shaw/Thomas Simpson

Birmingham, England

Weight

97 grams

Dimensions

77mm x 43mm x 20mm

Condition.

Excellent condition with light surface marks that are consistent with genuine age, use & polishing.