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Victorian Silver Triple Stamp Box
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Reference: S1735
Period: Victorian
Year: 1900
Silversmith: George Unite & Sons
Place: Birmingham
Price: $ 420.00
Weight: 84 (including glass) grams
Dimensions: 8.6cm *4.0cm *3.0cm height
Condition: Excellent, hinge perfect, feet intact. One wooden insert missing
Description: A rare Victorian silver triple stamp box, one of the nicer ones we have see. The box is rectangular with concave sides, and is on four ball feet, the hinged lid has a sliding insert with glass top, to enable stamps to be placed in the lid. The interior is gilded, and has 3 compartments for 3 different denomination stamps, with 2 original wooden curved inserts, to easily slide a stamp out. It is quite a substantial, well made box, it would have been an expensive item when new. The box is clearly hallmarked, the lid and sliding insert are hallmarked as well. George Unite was established in 1825, Unite apprenticed with Joseph Willmore, he died in 1896, the business was continued by his sons.
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Victorian silver triple stamp box
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Antique Silver triple stamp box, open, with 2 wooden inserts
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Silver triple stamp box, all parts
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base showing feet, antique silver stamp box
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George unite hallmarks
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Hallmarks on lid slide
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Silver stamp box - scale
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