Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-DE756B
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete silver snuff box dating to the Modern period (AD 1871-1920). The object is rectangular in plan and also in cross-section. It is comprised of two halves joined by a hinge along the left side. There is a suspension loop soldered to the top of one of the halves. The box is intricately decorated with incised floral decoration on both faces. The outward face bears a leaf and flower motif in a V-shape with a diamond shape at the lower end and a frilled semi-circle at the upper end, enclosing half of a twelve-petalled flower. The reverse face depicts flowers and leaves on stems with a blank scroll in the centre. Above the scroll is the hallmark locating it in Birmingham as the site of manufacture, with the maker's mark 'H.W.' relating to Horace Woodward and Co. The sides of the box are decorated with a repeating feather pattern. Inside the box is a stamped 'k' on the left half, with a further stamp below that cannot be determined. The 'k' appears to date the object more accurately to 1884. The box is in a good condition with few signs of tarnishing. The two halves are indented slightly.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 32.1mm in length, 24.15mm in width, 6.02mm in thickness and 8.81g in weight.
Inscription:
H.W.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1871
Date to: Circa AD 1920
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.1 mm
Width: 24.15 mm
Thickness: 6.02 mm
Weight: 8.81 g
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
4 Figure: SO9298
Four figure Latitude: 52.57975232
Four figure longitude: -2.11949246
1:25K map: SO9298
1:10K map: SO99NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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