Victorian sterling silver dressing table snuff box embossed with Art Nouveau scrolls
Beautiful late Victorian sterling silver dressing table toilet box. Oblong body is embossed all over with Art Nouveau scrolls, flowers and foliage. The interior is gold-washed and the edges are trimmed with a fluted pie-crust border. The hinged domed lid is further decorated with a quilted design and has a vacant cartouche for personalised engraving.
Lovely example of Victorian style! The box is a good size to keep tobacco or snuff or just to be used as a decorative trinket.
Made by Matthew John Jessop and fully hallmarked for Birmingham, 1899.
48.32 g / 1.55 t oz
9.5 x 3 x 3 cm
Good antique condition. The crimped edge has losses near the hinges and a small loss on the right side of the lid; small dings to base.
Beautiful late Victorian sterling silver dressing table toilet box. Oblong body is embossed all over with Art Nouveau scrolls, flowers and foliage. The interior is gold-washed and the edges are trimmed with a fluted pie-crust border. The hinged domed lid is further decorated with a quilted design and has a vacant cartouche for personalised engraving.
Lovely example of Victorian style! The box is a good size to keep tobacco or snuff or just to be used as a decorative trinket.
Made by Matthew John Jessop and fully hallmarked for Birmingham, 1899.
48.32 g / 1.55 t oz
9.5 x 3 x 3 cm
Good antique condition. The crimped edge has losses near the hinges and a small loss on the right side of the lid; small dings to base.
Beautiful late Victorian sterling silver dressing table toilet box. Oblong body is embossed all over with Art Nouveau scrolls, flowers and foliage. The interior is gold-washed and the edges are trimmed with a fluted pie-crust border. The hinged domed lid is further decorated with a quilted design and has a vacant cartouche for personalised engraving.
Lovely example of Victorian style! The box is a good size to keep tobacco or snuff or just to be used as a decorative trinket.
Made by Matthew John Jessop and fully hallmarked for Birmingham, 1899.
48.32 g / 1.55 t oz
9.5 x 3 x 3 cm
Good antique condition. The crimped edge has losses near the hinges and a small loss on the right side of the lid; small dings to base.
