Silver and Gold. Mysterious Box.

[Vale]

Hi all,

Today I bring a small box apparently from early 19th or 18th Century. I don't know its purpose. Seems can hold cards but I doubt it. Maybe it is for cigarettes? I think it is to thin. Anyways, marks show it is sterling and 12 and 18 K Gold. I also see a cryptic manufacture's logo where I read "E", "J", "b" and "k". Any idea? Thank you!

[dognose]

Hi Vale,

See James E. Blake Co. at: http://www.925-1000.com/ax_blake_je.html

and: http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_B4.html

Trev.

[Vale]

Great. Thank you!

[dognose]

An advertisement from James E. Blake Co., that perhaps provides a date for this item:



James E. Blake Co. - Attleboro, Mass. - 1923

Trev.

[Vale]

Interesting ! I assume my case is for cards then and probably dated circa 1923. Right ?

Thank you Trev. That was a good one.

[dognose]

Yes, that sounds correct to me.

Trev.