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George Richards Elkington British Sterling Trompe L’Oeil Covered Box 1854

George Richards Elkington (1801-1865)
Trompe L’Oeil Box 1854
Sterling silver shallow box with a hinged lid of a life-size trompe l’oeil damask napkin neatly folded on a gilt-sterling Georgian dinner plate
Weight: 45 troy ounces
Marks: GRE makers mark, London hallmarks for 1854
H: 2″ x Dia: 10 1/2″
George Richards Elkington British Sterling Trompe L’Oeil Covered Box 1854
SCHOOL OF MACKINTOSH (1868-1928) UK
Box with hinged cover c. 1900
Silver plate with a large abstract heart design and stylized Glasgow rose motifs in bas-relief.
Illustrated: Modern Silver throughout the world, 1880-1967, Graham Hughes (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1967), p. 145.
H: 2″ x W: 6 1/4″ x D: 4 3/4″
TOMMI PARZINGER (1903-1981) Germany/USA
PETER ALBERT REIMES Silversmith (1900-1945) Germany / USA
Sterling covered pedestal cigarette box with neoclassical motifs c. 1938