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DESCRIPTION: A BEAUTIFUL RARE LARGE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER CARD/CIGARETTE CASE BY THE FAMOUS SILVERSMITHS "SAMSON MORDAN & CO", WITH FULL ENGLISH HALLMARKS FOR LONDON 1894, IN SUPERB VIRTUALLY UNUSED CONDITION AND HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL VELVET-LINED LEATHER FITTED BOX.
DETAILS: STUNNING QUALITY LATE VICTORIAN SOLID STERLING SILVER EXAMPLE, (NOT SILVER-PLATED), NICE LARGE SIZE, MEASURES 4.25 INCHES (107MM) X 2.85 INCHES (73MM), AND IS 0.5 INCHES (13MM) DEEP. A FINE CALLING/BUSINESS CARD CASE OR CIGARETTE CASE, (IT IS MUCH LONGER THAN THE STANDARD OLD SIZED CIGARETTE CASES, WHICH USED TO HOLD SMALLER CIGARETTES, THIS ONE WILL HOLD MODERN-SIZED FILTER TIPPED CIGARETTES OF 100MM IN LENGTH, OR IT WAS MOST LIKELY ORIGINALLY FOR BUSINESS OR CALLING CARDS). RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE IT HAS A HINGED SILVER LID WITH A SPRUNG PUSH-BUTTON LID OPENER, AND THE LID IS BEAUTIFULLY EMBOSSED AND ENGRAVED WITH A "CHERUBS AND BIRDS" SCENE. THE INTERIOR IS FULLY GILT-LINED. THERE ARE NO ENGRAVED INSCRIPTIONS OR MONOGRAMS, (NOTHING ERASED) AND IT WEIGHS 3.33 TROY OUNCES, (104 GRAMS). IT IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL LEATHER FITTED CASE WHICH IS LINED IN PURPLE VELVET AND BLUE SILK.
HALLMARKS: HAS A FULL SET OF ENGLISH SILVER HALLMARKS, THE "LEOPARDS HEAD" STAMP OF THE LONDON ASSAY OFFICE, THE LION PASSANT SILVER STAMP, AND THE DATE LETTER "T" FOR THE YEAR 1894. THE SILVERSMITHS INITIALS ARE "S.M & Co", (SAMSON MORDAN & CO), AND BOTH THE FRONT AND THE REAR OF THE CASE IS STAMPED.
CONDITION: ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION AND READY TO BE USED. NO SPLITS OR CRACKS, NO SOLDER REPAIRS AND NO KNOCKS DENTS OR BRUISES EITHER. THE SILVER HINGED LID WORKS FINE, AND THE EXTERIOR ENGRAVING/EMBOSSING IS STILL PRISTINE WITH NO WEAR OR RUBBING AND IS OF EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY. THE INTERIOR GILDING IS BEAUTIFUL AND MINT WITH NO WEAR/LOSS, AND THE FITTED CASE IS LIKE NEW. EVEN THE ELASTICATED CALLING CARD/CIGARETTE RETAINER IS AS NEW. (IT HAS 1 MINUTE LITTLE SILVER PIN COVER MISSING ON THE SIDE EDGE OF THE CASE, TRULY NOTHING, AND WAS QUITE PROBABLY SOLD LIKE IT ORIGINALLY). IT HAS COME DIRECT FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE AND IS COMPLETELY FRESH TO THE MARKET.
PRICE: FABULOUS RARE 19TH CENTURY SOLID SILVER CALLING CARD/CIGARETTE CASE IN ORIGINAL BOX. A GOOD INVESTMENT PIECE AND BY THE TOP MAKERS TOO. BEING SOLD WITH ABSOLUTELY NO RESERVE WHATSOEVER, STARTING AT JUST ONE PENNY, SO GOOD LUCK IF YOU DO DECIDE TO BID.
Please note, the silver can sometimes look dull as I breathe on it before I take the photos, so you can see the item more clearly. Otherwise there is too much light reflection. All the silver I sell shines beautifully.
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