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DESCRIPTION

Victorian silver vesta case with internal gilding and, unusually, additionally hallmarked inside the lid. To the front is the first initial engraving 'CAH' and to the reverse is engraved a second set of initials and the inscription ' who rode to Khiva?' The question mark to the end is intriguing. Khiva is in Uzbekistan and so the riding was probably by horse but an early motorcycle is not out of the question.

 SILVERSMITH

John Horace Francis and Stephen Henry Deakin.

DATE or HALLMARK

1891

ASSAY OFFICE or COUNTRY

Birmingham

WEIGHT in GRAMS

36

SIZE in INCHES

length: 1 3/4

width: 1 1/2

 

SILVER STANDARD if applicable

.925 sterling silver

OVERALL CONDITION

good, no repairs or erasures.

FAULTS

small dents to the corners and some pin prick like marks to one side, possibly from being carried together with keys.

 

£80

sold

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Item Number: M1725