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Lot 4197
Three Silver Nutmeg Grater Boxes
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first, a Georgian silver box, marked "IP", engraved decoration to the lid and underside, without hallmarks, XRF tests 92% silver content, without a monogram; the second, a silver box with hand chased repousse, engraved "Stevenson", not marked, XRF tests 83% silver content; and a Victorian silver box, mark of Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham (1872) in the form of a nutmeg, without a monogram.

The largest 2 1/8 inches in width.

3.20 total troy oz.

From a Significant Boston Silver Collector

Good estate condition, light rubbing to the surface of the Georgian box.