Swiss Silver & Guilloché Enamel Scenic Card Case – English Import – George Stockwell
v** SOLD ARCHIVES **vA Swiss silver .925 card case or snuff box with an enamel scene with lake, mountains and trees with a rocky shore and a sunset.
English import marks dating 1909 with marks for George Stockwell – who imported many Swiss pocket watches and silver.
“GS is the sponsor’s mark of George Stockwell, described in Culme’s “Directory of Gold & Silversmiths…etc.” as an “importer of foreign watches”. Culme also provides some details of Stockwell’s firm, Stockwell & Co Ltd, who were listed in Birmingham in 1912 as ’agents to Messageries Nationales Express and Messageries Anglo-Suisse, continental, foreign and general shipping agents, special tariff for small consignments abroad”.
Measures: 3 1/4 inches long x 2 1/8 inches deep
Excellent Condition.
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