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MARK OF EDWARD SMITH, BIRMINGHAM, 1853
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A VICTORIAN SILVER CARD CASE
MARK OF EDWARD SMITH, BIRMINGHAM, 1853
With diagonal engine-turned and plain panels; a Victorian card case engraved with flowers and ivy and a vacant reserve to the front; also another profusely engraved with flowers and a vacant reserve to the front, both by George Unite & Sons, Birmingham, 1876 and 1883; a card case chased with 17th century ladies being serenaded by a lute player, the reverse chased with extensive gardens; also seven other various silver card cases, mostly Victorian, ten others of the pocket variety and a cigarette case
The first 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long
Weighable silver 32.75 oz. (1018 gm.)
MARK OF EDWARD SMITH, BIRMINGHAM, 1853
With diagonal engine-turned and plain panels; a Victorian card case engraved with flowers and ivy and a vacant reserve to the front; also another profusely engraved with flowers and a vacant reserve to the front, both by George Unite & Sons, Birmingham, 1876 and 1883; a card case chased with 17th century ladies being serenaded by a lute player, the reverse chased with extensive gardens; also seven other various silver card cases, mostly Victorian, ten others of the pocket variety and a cigarette case
The first 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long
Weighable silver 32.75 oz. (1018 gm.)
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