Box - Snuff Sterling Silver Ornately Engraved

Maker
Nathaniel Mills & Sons
Production date
1854
 Description
Victorian period ornate sterling silver snuff box with very detailed engraving top, bottom and sides on outside. The lid has elaborately engraved scrolled frame edges. A crest takes centre position on the lid. The side edges have a scalloped edge top and bottom with engraving in between. The reverse and front sides have a scalloped bottom edge with a flat non-engraved section at the centre ( this is where the thumb-for the front and a finger for the reverse side are placed for when lifting the lid of the container). The remaining front section is engraved. The bottom side is completely engraved with scalloped edges.

Object detail

Maker
Production date
1854
Media/Materials
Sterling Silver
Measurements
Height: 22 x Width: 96 Depth: 68 mm
Weight: 193 grams
Production place
London, England
Collection
Social History
Department collection type
Social History
Credit line
Gift of Peter Arnold Fearon.
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1994/24/16

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