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.
