little silver box with mother of pearl inlay

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Johannes
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little silver box with mother of pearl inlay

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Hello,
I have a little silver box with mother of pearl inlay. I can not identify the maker mark " MF " and i dont know the age, is it relay 18 th century ? Can somebody help ??
thanks a lot

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juantotree
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Re: little silver box with mother of pearl inlay

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Hi,

Yor box was made in Chester in 1901 by Montague Friedlander. The lid is inset with a mop Chinese gaming counter and would have been used to hold similat counters to that inlaid into the lid.

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Re: little silver box with mother of pearl inlay

Post by juantotree »

Actually 1902 not 1901.
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