Paar antike Silberdosen, Birmingham und Chester, 1726 und 1902

Sterling silver; total weight: ca. 55 g; 1) small round box with hinged lid, with raised rocaille decoration and remnants of gilding to the interior; stamped to the inside of the base with Lion Passant, Birmingham city mark, date letter for 1902 and maker’s mark “A&L LD”; small hole in the rocaille decoration of ca. 1 mm in length; diameter: ca. 2.2 cm. 2) Oval quatrefoil lidded box with compressed globular body on a short corresponding foot; encircling raised rocaille and floral decoration to the lid; stamped to the underside and in the rim with Lion Passant, Chester city mark, date letter for 1726 and maker’s mark Henry Matthews; notch of ca. 5 mm in the body, bent rim over ca. 1 cm; dimensions: ca. 8.5 x 5.2 cm.

Estimate:$66.48

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