Object Description
This is a elegant Edwardian sterling silver and leather playing card box by the renowned London retailer and silversmith Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, circa 1900 in date.
The casket is in the form of a Georgian knife box, the sterling silver-mounted cover and front with applied ribbon-tied bell flower swags decoration, with a fitted two-division green leather interior for storing your playing cards.
Add some elegant charm to your collection with lovely card box.
Condition:
In excellent condition with no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 13.5 cm x Width 9.5 cm x Depth 11.5 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 5 inches x Width 4 inches x Depth 4 inches
The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company. The firm was established in 1880 by William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman.
The firm was active at 112 Regent Street, London acquiring the premises previously used by John Joseph Mechi.
In 1893 the firm absorbed The Goldsmiths’ Alliance Ltd and in 1898 became the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd being active as jewellers, dealers in diamonds and precious stones, silversmiths,electroplaters and watch and clock makers.
In 1952 Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd was amalgamated with Garrard & Co Ltd.
The firm participated to a number of national and international exhibitions, as Indian and Colonial Exhibition (London, 1886), Paris (1889), Chicago (1893), California (1894), Paris (1900) and Franco-British Exhibition (London, 1908).
The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co was active with manufactories at Newcastle Place, Clerkenwell; Regent Works, Sheffield and Rue St George, Paris and as retailer of items supplied by various British gold and silver manufacturers (Martin Hall & Co Ltd, W&G Sissons, Wakely & Wheeler, William Comyns, Harrison Brothers & Howson, etc.)
Our reference: A5047