Lot 299
GROUP OF SILVER AND TORTOISESHELL TABLE ARTICLES Y
LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 11th November | Lots 1 to 322
Description
to include a circular box with a cockerel and sun, Birmingham 1910, 6.5cm diameter; a circular box on three scroll legs, with a flag and banner engraved 'S.S. ARCADIAN', Birmingham, 1927, 6.3cm diameter, 5.5cm high; an inkwell on a spreading circular foot, with armorial for the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters, with motto 'SPEED, STRENGTH & TRUTH UNITED, Birmingham, 1921, 11.5cm diameter; and a horn and tortoiseshell snuff box with silver presentation plaque dated 1891, 9.5cm wide; together with a NAPOLEONIC BURRWOOD AND TORTOISESHELL TOBACCO BOX, early 19th century, of circular form, set with a gilt metal relief plaque depicting profile busts of Napoleon, Marie Louise, and King of Rome, 9.7cm diameter (5)