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DESCRIPTION Antique solid sterling silver hinge lidded box with embossed decoration and a gilded interior. The scene to the lid features a pine tree behind a lady holding a baby and riding a donkey being led by a man holding a shepherd's crook. Both adults are wearing middle-eastern dress. Jesus, Mary and Joseph? Perhaps a pyx box although those are usually round or a relic box. Fully hallmarked to top rim of base, matching partial mark to lid and original assayer's scrape still visible to the base.
SILVERSMITH Importer; Berthold Hermann Muller
DATE or HALLMARK 1912
ASSAY OFFICE import; London
WEIGHT in GRAMS 73
LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 2 ¼", 59mm X 2 ¼", 59mm X 1 ¼", 30mm
SILVER STANDARD ·925 sterling silver
CONDITION very good, gilding to interior base a bit rubbed

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Price £109
item number m8728
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