A Victorian silver-mounted and tortoiseshell jewel case

MAKER'S MARK OF CORNELIUS DESORMEAUX SAUNDERS AND JAMES FRANCIS HOLLINGS SHEPHERD, CHESTER, 1892

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A Victorian silver-mounted and tortoiseshell jewel case
maker's mark of Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders and James Francis Hollings Shepherd, Chester, 1892
Oblong and with flat hinged cover, applied at the angles with foliate scroll mounts, the centre with oval foliate scroll cartouche, engraved with the initials DEH, the front with foliate scroll lock plate, the interior lined with velvet, marked on cover mounts, the lock plate unmarked
7¾in. (19.8cm.) wide

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