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Chester Silver Snuff Box
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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Chester Silver Snuff Box

19th century
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A super Chester silver snuff box by John Millward Banks, the mark includes his trademark of a flower. Chester 1900. Super decoration to the top and bottom nice and crisp blank cartouche. Gilt interior which is in very good order.

L 4.3 cm

W 3 cm

H 1.2 cm

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Chester Silver Snuff Box to the Victorian era.

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A super Chester silver snuff box by John Millward Banks, the mark includes his trademark of a flower. Chester 1900. Super decoration to the top and bottom nice and crisp blank cartouche. Gilt interior which is in very good order.

L 4.3 cm

W 3 cm

H 1.2 cm

Date of Manufacture

Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Chester Silver Snuff Box to the Victorian era.

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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A rectangular sterling silver snuff box with a hinged lid, featuring detailed foliate engraving, a scalloped border, and a plain central circular cartouche.
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Archive I A rectangular sterling silver snuff box with a hinged lid, featuring detailed foliate engraving, a scalloped border, and a plain central circular cartouche.

Chester silver snuff box

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A rectangular sterling silver snuff box with a hinged lid, featuring detailed foliate engraving, a scalloped border, and a plain central circular cartouche.
Chester silver snuff box
Ref: SA1211323
A rectangular sterling silver snuff box with a hinged lid, featuring detailed foliate engraving, a scalloped border, and a plain central circular cartouche.
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Snuff boxes gained prominence in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as personal containers for finely ground tobacco. By the nineteenth century, silver snuff boxes were popular status items crafted by skilled silversmiths with detailed surface engraving and custom cartouches.

Traditional snuff boxes were constructed from sterling silver, comprising 92.5 percent pure silver alloyed with copper for structural durability. Silversmiths used hand-chasing, engine turning, and bright-cut engraving techniques to decorate the covers, fitting them with tight flush hinges to protect contents.

Authentic British silver pieces feature a full set of official hallmarks, including a makers mark, a town mark, a fineness mark such as the lion passant, and a date letter. The Chester assay office mark uniquely depicted a coat of arms featuring three wheat sheaves and a sword.

Small silver boxes function well as decorative accents on an office desk, coffee table tray, or bedside table. They can be styled alongside stacked leather-bound books, brass objects, or displayed inside a glass cabinet as part of a silver collection.

Silver items should be dusted gently with a soft microfibre cloth and polished periodically using a specialised silver polishing cream to remove tarnish. Avoid submerging hinged boxes in water or using abrasive chemicals that could wear down delicate hand engraving.
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