FABULOUS LARGE V HEAVY ENGLISH ANTIQUE 1910 SOLID SILVER CIGARETTE BOX SOLID LID
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. We always combine shipping costs. POSTAGE : UK £12.95 INSURED NEXT DAY SPECIAL DELIVERY/ WORLDWIDE £22 EUROPE £22 INT TRACKABLE AIRSURE.Description A really superb large heavy English antique Edwardian solid sterling silver cigarette/cigar box with a rare solid lid by Goldsmiths & silversmiths Co - (18...99 - 1949), in excellent clean condition and with full English silver hallmarks for London 1910. Wonderful top quality 110 year old sterling silver box made from a very heavy silver gauge and an impressive 6.75 inch size, with a hinged silver lid and resting on 4 flared silver bracket feet. All-over decorated with handsome engine-turned engraving in the Sheraton style and has a protruding silver edge lip on the front to assist lid opening. Inside it has its original cedar-wood lining and gilding under the lid. It weighs a substantial approx 684 grams, (total weight), with no additional lid weighting and there are no added personal engraved presentation inscriptions or monograms. A fabulous silver box, there must nearly £300 in silver content alone in this box.Measurements Great size, measures approx. 6.75 inches (172mm) (including bracket feet) x 4.25 inches (108mm) and stands 2.65 inches (67mm) in height. The interior measurement size is approx 143mm x 76mm.
Date English antique solid sterling silver with a full set of English silver hallmarks for London 1910 (date letter "p"). Superb clear struck matching hallmark stamps on box and lid.Maker Silversmiths initials "G & S Co. Ltd" (Goldsmiths & silversmiths Co - 1899 - 1949). Makers name is also stamped in full. Condition Excellent condition, with no splits or cracks to the silver, no solder repairs, definitely no wear holes and no nasty knocks or dents, just a couple of tiny little surface bruises, really nothing much at all and a beautiful clean example. The silver lid hinge works perfectly and the lid opens and closes tightly and securely. The interior cedar-wood lining is original and is still in great condition, (no splits) and the gilding under the lid is still mostly all intact. Superb quality silver box, with a very heavy silver content and beautifully all-over decorated. There are no added personal engraved inscriptions. Hard to find as good as this.
Stunning large heavy English antique Edwardian solid sterling silver cigarette/cigar box with a rare solid lid.
Please note this item shows with a matt finish just for the purposes of photographing, it has a typical shiny polished finish. Shipping and packing and ratesUK £12.95 (Insured & tracked next day special delivery).Worldwide: £22 (Airsure - if applicable)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
Date English antique solid sterling silver with a full set of English silver hallmarks for London 1910 (date letter "p"). Superb clear struck matching hallmark stamps on box and lid.Maker Silversmiths initials "G & S Co. Ltd" (Goldsmiths & silversmiths Co - 1899 - 1949). Makers name is also stamped in full. Condition Excellent condition, with no splits or cracks to the silver, no solder repairs, definitely no wear holes and no nasty knocks or dents, just a couple of tiny little surface bruises, really nothing much at all and a beautiful clean example. The silver lid hinge works perfectly and the lid opens and closes tightly and securely. The interior cedar-wood lining is original and is still in great condition, (no splits) and the gilding under the lid is still mostly all intact. Superb quality silver box, with a very heavy silver content and beautifully all-over decorated. There are no added personal engraved inscriptions. Hard to find as good as this.
Stunning large heavy English antique Edwardian solid sterling silver cigarette/cigar box with a rare solid lid.
Please note this item shows with a matt finish just for the purposes of photographing, it has a typical shiny polished finish. Shipping and packing and ratesUK £12.95 (Insured & tracked next day special delivery).Worldwide: £22 (Airsure - if applicable)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
