BEAUTFUL ENGLISH ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU 1901 SOLID STERLING SILVER & GILT TABLE BOX
Item History & Price
Please bid with total confidence, we only deal in antique solid silver items and please check out our feedback if you have not bought with us before. POSTAGE : UK £7.75 SPECIAL DELIVERY, £4.75 IST CLASS SIGNED FOR/ WORLDWIDE £11.45 INT TRACKABLE AIRSURE, EUROPE £11.45 INT TRACKABLE AIRSURE. Description A beautiful decorative English antique stylised Art Nouveau solid sterling silver table box by the regarded silversmith Henry Matthews - (1893 -193...0), in good condition and with full English silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1901. Excellent quality genuine 118 year old sterling silver box, definitely not a modern re-production; a nice size, with a hinged silver lid and fluted sides and is decorated on the top with stylised embossed flowers, foliage and peacocks in the Art Nouveau manner. Inside it is complete with its original fully gilded interior. No engraved inscriptions, looks to have had something erased at one time and is no longer readable. Weighs a heavy 71 grams. A very nice silver box.Measurements Measures approx. 4.35 inches (109mm) x 1.75 inches (45mm) and stands 1.25 inches (32mm) in height. Date English antique Art Nouveau solid sterling silver with a full set of English silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1901 (date letter "b"). Excellent clear struck silver marks and there are further matching hallmarks on the lid too.Maker Silversmiths initials "H M" (Henry Matthews - (1893 -1930). Condition Good condition and ready to be used. No splits or cracks to the silver, no solder repairs, definitely no wear/pin holes in the embossed decoration and no nasty knocks or dents, just tiny little age-related surface dents/bruises from use, really nothing much at all and a very nice silver box. The silver hinge lid works perfectly, opening and closing securely and the interior gilding is definitely original and is still mostly all intact. Lovely quality with beautiful embossed Art Nouveau decoration and it has a good heavy silver weight.
Lovely decorative English antique stylised Art Nouveau solid sterling silver table box.
Shipping and packing and ratesUK £7.75 (Special delivery) £4.75 (1st class signed for)Worldwide: £11.45 (International tracked and signed)Europe: £11.45 International tracked and signed)All items purchased usually dispatched within 24 hours following cleared payment.Payment detailsPlease wait until an invoice has been sent if you are unsure of total costs. We accept cheques, paypal, bank transfers & UK postal orders. Payments must usually be received within 3 days after the end of sale. Items over £100 will only be sent by trackable methods, ie, special delivery, Airsure, datapost. We only sell genuine antiques and solid silver items and strongly recommend trackable posting. Thank you.
Lovely decorative English antique stylised Art Nouveau solid sterling silver table box.
Shipping and packing and ratesUK £7.75 (Special delivery) £4.75 (1st class signed for)Worldwide: £11.45 (International tracked and signed)Europe: £11.45 International tracked and signed)All items purchased usually dispatched within 24 hours following cleared payment.Payment detailsPlease wait until an invoice has been sent if you are unsure of total costs. We accept cheques, paypal, bank transfers & UK postal orders. Payments must usually be received within 3 days after the end of sale. Items over £100 will only be sent by trackable methods, ie, special delivery, Airsure, datapost. We only sell genuine antiques and solid silver items and strongly recommend trackable posting. Thank you.
