FANTASTIC 19TH CENTURY DUTCH SOLID SILVER TABLE SNUFF CASKET (SCHOONHOVEN). MEASURING 6½CM IN HEIGHT X 9½CM X 5½CM. WITH A NICE SILVER WEIGHT OF 108.1G. RESTING ON 4 BALL AND CLAW FEET. WITH A DOMED LID AND CARRYING HANDLE. DECORATED TO THE OUTSIDE WITH RELIEF PANELS DEPICTING 19TH CENTURY SCENES. STAMPED TO LIP - DATE LETTER FOR 1887. MINERVA HEAD STAMPED WITH THE LETTER "M" DENOTING SCHOONHOVEN. ALSO MARKED TO BASE, BUT CAN NOT DECIPHER MAKER. CONDITION:- A FEW VERY SMALL SPLITS ARE PRESENT. HINGE IS STILL GOOD, SHUTS NICE AND TIGHT. STILL VERY USEABLE. A LOVELY PERIOD PIECE.
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