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TWO SEALS, A PLATE MOUNTED SHELL SNUFFBOX, FIVE PLATED ASHTRAYS AND A VESTA CASE
THE SEALS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL MORDAN AND CO, ONE LONDON, 1891, THE OTHER CHESTER, 1908
The first seal with silver handle bright-cut engraved with foliage, the bloodstone matrix engraved with the monogram HH, the second seal with tortoiseshell handle, the silver base engraved with the initials HB, the snuffbox formed as a cowrie shell with silver-plated mounts and hinged cover engraved with the intials JDF, the square ashtrays each engraved with a crest, the vesta case formed a seed case with bright-cut mounts, the seal fully marked - 2¾in. (7.4cm.), 2½in. (6.2cm.) and 3½in. (9cm.) long, the ashtrays 3¼in. (8.4cm.) square, the vesta case 2in. (5cm.) diam. (9)
THE SEALS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL MORDAN AND CO, ONE LONDON, 1891, THE OTHER CHESTER, 1908
The first seal with silver handle bright-cut engraved with foliage, the bloodstone matrix engraved with the monogram HH, the second seal with tortoiseshell handle, the silver base engraved with the initials HB, the snuffbox formed as a cowrie shell with silver-plated mounts and hinged cover engraved with the intials JDF, the square ashtrays each engraved with a crest, the vesta case formed a seed case with bright-cut mounts, the seal fully marked - 2¾in. (7.4cm.), 2½in. (6.2cm.) and 3½in. (9cm.) long, the ashtrays 3¼in. (8.4cm.) square, the vesta case 2in. (5cm.) diam. (9)