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little silver box with mother of pearl inlay

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:50 am
by Johannes
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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Re: little silver box with mother of pearl inlay

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:02 pm
by juantotree
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.

Martin

Re: little silver box with mother of pearl inlay

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:04 pm
by juantotree
Actually 1902 not 1901.