Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.
See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collection
Condition repot:
The largest box with malachite inlay:
Silver mounted rim with hallmark for Birmingham - see image. A small gap between the mount and onyx base - see images, although the mount is secure. Some small chips in the odd area, notably the bottom corner of the front and small minor losses to the malachite inlay at the front.
Square box with malachite inlay to the border edge:
Also with hallmark to the hinge, some scuffs and nibbled edges to the extremities and exposed edges.
Box with chequer inlay with hallmark to the side: With nibbled and scuffs to the edges and corners, including a small chipped area to the back edge corner of the top.
The mother of pearl inlaid dragon fly box with small crack to the back edge below the hinge. Also hallmarked. Slopping interior, possibly for postage stamps.
See further images.
