European Biedermeier silver keepsake casket, ca 1840. Lobed and bombe with hinged and raised cover. Cover top flat and vacant. Chased and engraved clusters of leafing scrolls and flowers. Corner leaf-mounted volute-scroll supports. Engraved on underside: “Souvenir from / Sarine & Isaac”. Marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 x W 7 x D 6 in. Weight: 12 troy ounces. #BW830

George V sterling silver jewelry box. Made by Levi & Salaman in Birmingham in 1913. Octagonal with straight sides and hinged and domed cover. Cover inlaid with star-form floral garland. Box interior velvet lined. Box underside leather lined. Fully marked. Good with attractive velvet wear.

Dimensions: H 2 1/8 x W 4 3/8 x D 4 3/8 in. Gross weight: 5.4 troy ounces. #BN234

German Modern 800 silver box, ca 1920. Rectangular with straight sides and crisp corners. Cover hinged with tapering tab; cover top gently curved and inlaid with shagreen in geometric pattern. Cedar-lined interior. Open leather-lined bottom. Marks include maker’s stamp (Wilhelm Binder). Good condition with some wear and rubbing to shagreen.

Dimensions: H 4 x W 7 1/2 x D 5 1/2 in. Gross weight: 28.6 troy ounces. #BX428

Edwardian Regency gilt sterling silver box. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1917. Lunette-form with flat and hinged cover. Engine-turned wave ornament. Cover ornament includes garland and leaf and ribbon wreath engraved with monogram. Interior has detachable partitions. Fully marked including date symbol and no. 7115. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 1 1/2 x W 8 3/8 x D 5 1/2 in. Weight: 23.5 troy ounces. #BV459

Japanese Modern silver box on stand, ca 1930. Rectangular with curved corners. Box has straight sides and cover top is gently raised and has applied gilt medallion with dramatic dragon in low relief. Box and cover interior lined with stained-wood. Stand has wide and tapering shoulder and flat well border with open stained-wood bottom. Marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Box: H 2 1/2 x W 6 1/2 x D 4 3/4 in. Stand: H 7/8 x W 8 1/8 x D 6 3/8 in. #BX437

Japonesque sterling silver inkwell. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1882. Drum form with curved shoulder, short neck, and hinged and cork-lined bayonet cover. Leaves and tendrils and butterflies, too, applied to honeycomb hand-hammered ground. Bonus bug (a modish beetle) on cover. Interior glass lined. Fully marked including pattern no. 6771 (first produced in 1882), director’s letter M (1873-91), and phrase “Sterling-Silver”. Excellent condition and patina.

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Turn-of-the-century German 800 silver box with Napoleon theme. Rectangular with cast corner-mounted eagle supports.

On box front is frieze of Napoleon being offered the key to a city; on back he addresses the supplicating vanquished. Both panels bordered by imbricated leaves and Greek key; applied eagles (of which one a keyhole plate) and military trophies. On box ends are the coat of arms. Cover hinged and raised with cast finial in form of Napoleon on horseback, pointing the way. On battle...

Art Nouveau vanity set in gilt 950 silver and clear glass. Made by Pierre Kotowski in France, ca. 1900.

This set comprises 1 hand mirror (L 10 1/2 in.), 1 hairbrush (L 8 1/4 in.), 2 hairbrushes (9 1/4 in.), 1 clothing brush (L 8 in.), 1 clothing brush (L 7 1/4 in.), 2 colognes (H 7 7/8 x W 3 1/4 x D 3 1/4 in.), 2 colognes (H 6 3/4 x W 3 x D 3 in.), 1 jar (H 5 1/2 x D 4 1/8 in.), 1 jar (H 3 1/2 x D 3 7/8 in.), 1 box (H 3 1/4 x W 5 x D 3 3/4 in.), and 1 box (H 3 x W 9 1/8 x D 3 1/4 in.).

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Vietnamese silver box, late 19th century. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged. Box sides have embossed blossoming branches, bamboo, and bird; engraved leaves and flowers at corners. Cover top has embossed slithering, scaly dragons with horns and talons in same frame; blossoming branches at corners. Ground stippled. Maker's mark for Guang Qing Yong. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: H 3 1/2 x W 6 1/4 x D 4 1/8 in. Weight: 18.4 troy ounces. #BW325

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Japanese silver box, ca 1890. Rectangular with straight sides and hinged cover. On cover top and box sides are chased and engraved iris flowers and tendrils in eddying water. Stippled ground. Box and cover interior lined with stained wood. Open bottom. Meiji-era Art Nouveau for the cosmopolitan West. Appears to be unmarked. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: H 3 x W 6 3/4 x D 3 5/8 in. Gross weight: 15 troy ounces. #BX248

Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Rectangular with concave sides and inset bottom. Cover hinged and raised with scrolled tab and cabled rim. Box interior wood lined. Stylish with plenty of room for engraving. Marked “Sterling 925 / Camusso / Made in Peru”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 2 5/8 x W 8 1/8 x D 5 1/4 in. Gross weight: 18.5 troy ounces. #BX358

English Modern sterling silver box. Tall and rectangular with curved corners. Cover hinged with gently curved top and double-scroll tab. Box interior cedar-lined with open leather-lined bottom. Cover interior gilt. Worn marks including maker’s stamp for Arthur & John Zimmerman, a Birmingham maker active from the 1920s to 1940s. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 4 x W 6 1/4 x D 4 7/8 in. Gross weight: 33.7 troy ounces. #BV990

English Art Deco sterling silver box, 1949. Rectangular with straight sides and crisp corner. Cover hinged and flat with tapering tab on plain rectilinear frame. All over engine-turning with reeded bands that wrap around from front to back. Box ends plain. Box interior cedar lined and partitioned. Open bottom with leather lining.

Fully marked including Sheffield assay stamp, and mark for E. Silver & Co., which is believed to have been a midcentury London retailer. Also phrase: “London Made S...

European silver ornament, ca 1920. Single plain hollow stem sprouting 3 flowers with ripe, splayed petals and prominent stamen surrounding 3 tight and tall buds. Pretty and hopeful. Appears to be unmarked. Silver tests 800. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 19 3/4 x W 6 X D 6 in. Weight: 4 troy ounces. #BW189

European silver coffeepot, ca 1850. Cylindrical with applied spout, domed shoulder, and stepped cover with stained-wood finial. Stained wood baluster side handle in silver mount with 3-letter pointille monogram. Applied scrolled spout. Reeded base. Marked. Good condition with attractive period wear and rubbing. Nice patina.

Overall dimensions: H 7 3/4 x W 9 1/2 x D 6 in. Gross weight: 16.5 troy ounces. #BQ902

George V sterling silver box. Made by Deakin & Francis in Birmingham in 1923. Rectangular with straight sides and curved corners. Cover hinged with gently curved top and tapering tab. Box interior cedar lined and partitioned. Cover interior gilt washed. Open leather-lined bottom. Fully marked including Glasgow retailer’s stamp (Sorley). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 x W 8 3/4 x D 5 1/4 in. Heavy gross weight: 35.7 troy ounces. #BV988

Art Deco sterling silver box. Made by C. J. Vander, Ltd in Birmingham in 1970. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat, hinged, and tabbed. Allover engine-turned ornament in plain borders. Box and cover interior cedar lined and partitioned. Box underside leather lined. Fully marked. Good condition with a few pings.

Dimensions: H 2 x W 7 x D 3 5/8 in. Weight: 17 troy ounces. #BV844