apparently unmarked
Cylindrical form with hinged oval lids to both ends, one opening to reveal a small compartment with additional inside hinged cover dropping down to reveal applied metal striker to inside lid, the reverse end with larger compartment also with applied metal striker to lid, the body engraved with foliate scrolls, each lid initialled below a crown, height 7.5cm; together with a French 19th century silver and niello vesta case, maker's mark indistinct, rectangular form, with all over scroll foliate niello and incised silver decoration, the hinged lid with oval cartouche depicting a huntsman and opening to reveal a hinged divider with metal striker with main compartment underneath, gilt interior, length 4.5cm, and a Victorian silver chatelaine, by Samuel Jacob, London 1898, the clip decorated with foliate scrolls surrounding two cherubs holding doves, five chains, one with a pierced thimble pail, another with silver covered pin cushion depicting a figure with an anchor both by Cornelius Saunders & Francis Shepherd, London 1899. (3)