Silver Repousse Snuff Box Aesops Fables Birmingham 1902

Description

Heading : Silver Repousse Snuff Depicting Box Aesops Fables
Date : Hallmarked in Birmingham 1902 For T H hazelwood
Period : Edward VII
Origin : Birmingham, England
Decoration : The side panels depict the fable of the fox and the stork the cover depicts the drunken husband
Size :  Height 2.3cm, Length 5.9cm, Width 2.3cm
Condition : Very good. A single pinprick indentation on the edge of the base. Shuts tightly, no play in the hinged cover
Restoration : None
Weight :40 grams

Snuff is little used nowadays. This would however be a very stylish pill box. The repousse work is of the highest order and is clean and crisp