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 £6.75 1ST CLASS SIGNED FOR DELIVERY/ £8.75 INSURED NEXT DAY SPECIAL DELIVERY/ WORLDWIDE £16 EUROPE £16 INT TRACKABLE AIRSURE.Description A beautiful heavy-gauge English antique solid sterling silver cigarette or table box with a rare solid lid ...by the silversmith Frederick William Hentsch - (1911 -1927) and with full English silver hallmarks for London 1920. Excellent quality genuine 99 year old silver box, in lovely condition, with a hinged silver lid and is all-over decorated with attractive engine-turned engraving. Has a protruding silver edge lip on the front to assist lid opening and inside it still has its original undamaged cedar wood lining. Excellent heavy silver weight, approx. 473 grams, (total), with no additional lid weighting, so has a high silver content. There are no added personal engraved inscriptions.Measurements Measures approx. 4.75 inches (121mm) x 3.55 inches (90mm) and is 2 inches (51mm) deep.Date English antique solid sterling silver with a full set of English silver hallmarks for London 1920 (date letter "e"). Superb clear matching hallmark stamps on the box and the lid.Maker Silversmiths initials "F.H" (Frederick William Hentsch - 1911 -1927). Condition Lovely 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 pin-head surface dents/bruises, really nothing much at all and a very nice example. The silver hinged lid works perfectly and the lid opens and closes tightly and securely. The interior cedar-wood lining is still in excellent condition with no splits, lacking its divider. Has a fine heavy silver weight and there are no added personal engraved inscriptions and nothing has been erased. Beautiful decorative heavy-gauge English antique solid sterling silver cigarette or table 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 £6.75 (1st class signed for delivery)/ £8.75 (Insured & tracked next day special delivery).Worldwide: £16 (Airsure - if applicable)Europe: £16 (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