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Blank for me.
Must be made from chestnut.
I think your memory may be playing tricks, they are silver gilt.
Oy - you've pinched my Tinder opener.
Edwin Blyde & Co Sheffield England.
I believe that Rd number would have been recorded in 1906.
They may be intended to represent dogs of Foo or temple lions.
Or maybe pot pourri bowl covers.
Apple sauce?
They could be fire iron rests.
Looks like the lid would have originally held a mirror. So a rouge pot or compact.
For the cheroot holder not the cheroot.
Chester 1902, I think its a cheroot holder case.
Probably a Samson of Paris mark.
It has the look of a Tibetan Singing bowl. How does it sound when its struck?
Looks like a salt to me.
A possibility may be Daniel Dewar of Perth. The nearest mark to the initials has a look of the thistle seen on Perth marks, as for the other two...
Sterling silver by the maker Walker & Hall, made in Sheffield date letter 1924.
Tell me about it, I have some British hallmarked George III pieces that I know I will get less for at a b&m auction than I would if I scrapped....
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