Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1880s.
The lid is top quality with a flush hinge and a turned natural finial. The lid is beautifully engraved with what almost looks like a sun design. There are two ring handles to the side and the feet have a real Celtic knot look about them.
These feet may have been custom made for the family that originally owned this box, there is a family crest engraved to the front of a tree trunk with sprouting branches, underneath the family motto "Repullulat" is engraved. I believe this to be the motto of a Scottish family, Lauder or Laurie. The motto means "It buds afresh".
The interior retains it's original creamy porcelain fitted liner still in undamaged condition.
A handsome and somewhat historical piece in excellent condition (minor wear to the plate around the crest). The lid diameter measures 5 3/4" and the box stands 8" to top of finial.
Item ID: 34567
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Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1880s.
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Unusual Antique Oak & Silver Plated Biscuit Box by Thomas Hardwood & Sons C.1880
