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A group of vesta cases
comprising: four silver examples, one decorated with an enamelled pennant (hinge defective), Birmingham and London, various dates and makers -- 5.3cms; an American silver example, the front stamped with a frog emerging from foliage and being approached by a snake, the reverse stamped with foliage and a snail; two brass examples, one in form of a claw, the other in the form of a corset; and an Austro-Hungarian example, nielloed overall with a chequerboard effect (8)
comprising: four silver examples, one decorated with an enamelled pennant (hinge defective), Birmingham and London, various dates and makers -- 5.3cms; an American silver example, the front stamped with a frog emerging from foliage and being approached by a snake, the reverse stamped with foliage and a snail; two brass examples, one in form of a claw, the other in the form of a corset; and an Austro-Hungarian example, nielloed overall with a chequerboard effect (8)