Heading : A Tortoiseshell Covered Sterling Silver Trinket Box
Date : Hallmarked in Birmingham 1922 For Henry Mathews
Period : George V
Origin : Birmingham, England
Decoration : Reeded rim. Base covered with red leather, faux crocodile.
Size :  Height 4.6cm, base diameter 7.5cm
Condition : Very good. A few minor scuffs
Restoration : None
Weight :  132 grams

As LP Hartley wrote in the Go Between, "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there'