€50 - €100
A COLLECTION OF SILVER ‘TINDER BOXES’ / ‘VESTA CASES’, (i) A beautifully decorated vesta case; with scrolling foliage design on both sides, the front with inlaid initials in a bright blue enamel. Hinged lid. (ii) A late 19th century silver vesta case, the body decorated with angled reeded design, Birmingham hallmark, date letter of ‘q’ for 1890 and maker’s mark of M & L for Minshull & Latimer, (iii) A small late 19th century silver vesta case, engraved with initials to the front, Birmingham, date letter of ‘x’ 1897, maker’s mark of B.H.J for B H Joseph & Co (Barnet Henry Joseph). Total weight of all three: 2.1ozt
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