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Beautiful French Solid Silver Pill Trinket Box C1900 Antique 16g
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Beautiful French Solid Silver Pill Trinket Box C1900 Antique 16g

1900 - 1920
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A beautiful French antique solid silver pill trinket box. It is hallmarked with French marks and I would date it to c1900. It has been beautifully designed and is in super condition being free from dings splits holes and repairs. It measures approx. 1.5 inches (3.5cm) across by 0.75 inch (1.7cm) tall and weighs 16 grams. A very pretty piece.

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The Silver Squirrel has dated this French Silver Pill Box to the 1900s.

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386/37/09
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A beautiful French antique solid silver pill trinket box. It is hallmarked with French marks and I would date it to c1900.
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It has been beautifully designed and is in super condition being free from dings splits holes and repairs.
The Silver Squirrel

It measures approx. 1.5 inches (3.5cm) across by 0.75 inch (1.7cm) tall and weighs 16 grams. A very pretty piece.

Date of Manufacture

The Silver Squirrel has dated this French Silver Pill Box to the 1900s.

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SA1239613
Dealers Internal Ref
386/37/09
The Silver Squirrel
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A circular French solid silver pill box with Rococo Revival lattice and floral scroll embossing.
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Archive I A circular French solid silver pill box with Rococo Revival lattice and floral scroll embossing.

Beautiful French Solid Silver Pill Trinket Box C1900 Antique 16g

Archive II A circular French solid silver pill box with Rococo Revival lattice and floral scroll embossing. View II
Archive III A circular French solid silver pill box with Rococo Revival lattice and floral scroll embossing. View III
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A circular French solid silver pill box with Rococo Revival lattice and floral scroll embossing.
BEAUTIFUL FRENCH SOLID SILVER PILL TRINKET BOX c1900 ANTIQUE 16g
Ref: SA1239613
A circular French solid silver pill box with Rococo Revival lattice and floral scroll embossing.
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  • ObjectPill Boxes
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleFrench Rococo
  • MaterialSolid Silver
  • ColourSilver
  • MotifsLattice work, Scrollwork, Floral embossing

This French Rococo pill trinket box is from around 1900. It is solid silver with a bright silver finish and sports French hallmarks. The circular container has an intricately embossed lid featuring central lattice work, raised floral motifs, and sweeping scrollwork borders, while the sides are detailed with dense floral embossing. The construction includes a tight-fitting hinged lid mechanism and a flat base. Measuring 3.5 cm across by 1.7 cm tall and weighing 16 grams, this diminutive container sits neatly on a bedside table to hold small items such as pills or rings. Its refined profile and traditional French styling complement a dressing table or vanity tray in a bedroom or hallway.

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A Rococo Revival silver pill box is a small, lid-covered metal container produced primarily in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, characterised by elaborate scrollwork, lattice patterns, and naturalistic motifs inspired by eighteenth-century French design.

These boxes were typically formed from solid silver sheets through raised metalworking techniques such as repousse and chasing, where relief designs were hand-hammered from the inside and detailed from the exterior, finished with fitted lids.

Authentic French silver pieces generally bear specific official hallmarks, such as the Minerva head mark for silver purity, along with a distinct makers mark enclosed in a lozenge-shaped stamp.

Small silver boxes serve as subtle metallic accents when placed atop books on a bedside table, displayed on a vanity tray, or styled inside a glass display cabinet.

Clean silver using a soft, lint-free microfibre cloth and specialized non-abrasive silver polish to remove oxidisation, avoiding submerged washing to prevent moisture from settling inside the seam joins.
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