11 March 2025 | 10:00 | Lots: 490
German silver box.
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Lot 247
Full Lot Description
A German silver box of rectangular form, the hinged lid decorated in relief with figures on horseback, with further scenes to the sides depicting figures in a garden and ice skating. Hallmarked with the Foreign mark, Berthold Muller, Chester import 1901, and probably Hanau psuedo-marks. Measuring 11cm by 7.5cm by 5.5cm, weight 8.11ozt (252.4g).
Dimensions: 11cm x 7.5cm x 5.5cm
Metal fineness: Sterling silver
Postage: Postable
Date: 1901
Weight: 252.4
Total lot weight: 252.4
Condition Report
- Displaying some general surface wear and marks
- Some fairly heavy tarnishing all over and quite dirty to the interior base, also residues of dried polish inside
- With some surface scratches and nicks, and minor dints
- Heavier wear and scuffs around edges and corners, including slight bashes to some corners
- Surface wear and rubbing to areas of the decoration on all sides and to the lid, causing some loss of detail or definition
- Slight damage to hinges on one side, however appears in good working order and closes securely; rises up very slightly when closed
- Interior gilded and faded a little
- Hallmarks located to one side of the box and to the flange of the lid, and these all clear and legible
- Two further marks to flange on lid, these very distorted but probably Hanau psuedo-marks
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