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Mint C. and Large Antique Display Shell Box w. Beveled Glass Top & Silver Spoons
About the Item
Fine quality and condition, 1860s box with perfect working silver lock and key.
This handcrafted spoon box is another one of our recent great finds. It comes with beautifully shaped panels and the interior of this box for displaying ones spoons is lined with green velvet. This rare box even comes with as much as 13 fully hallmarked silver spoons, one of which is a sugar shifter.
It is difficult to get your head around how these objects were made. Creating flat pieces of this hard materials and cutting them perfectly and gluing them in perfect patterns onto wooden panels and putting the box together with handcrafted, silver hinges and putting a small lock in exactly the right place and carving circular bone feet etc. It is almost too much to take in and it must have taken an enormous amount of time to create this stunning box. These boxes therefore were only affordable for the very, very well to do. And this large pearly jewelry or spoon box, must have been too dear, even for some in the upper class.
Mind you, our price even includes perfect packing and worldwide delivery from our store to your door in just 4 days.
Maximum width x depth x height: 8.4 x 6 x 2.6 inches.
We have a passion for the unique, for quality, for stylish yet practical and for craftsmanship of years gone by. Your purchases will be extremely well packaged and we look forward to serving you (again).
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- Dimensions:Height: 2.6 in (6.61 cm)Width: 8.4 in (21.34 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
- Style:Biedermeier (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1860-1870
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Please also read our item description.
- Seller Location:Lisse, NL
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