Antique Sterling and Enamel Cat Box

Charming large round sterling silver hinged case. An enamel depiction of two adorable kittens in a basket, with greenery and a big blue bow. Lovely shades of green, cream, brown, blue and gray. Set in .935 silver. Top inside contains a mirror; bottom inside is original satin gilt. Made in Germany. 3 1/3" in diameter. A beautiful and endearing antique objet...

Beautiful antique jewelry box: On the top is a lovely guilloche enamel multi-colored basket of flowers, on a brilliant white background, surrounded by branches of roses. Set in a heavy gauge sterling silver scalloped box...

Beautiful sterling silver and enamel hinged case. Exquisite portrait of a black horse, with white facial markings, on a luminous white guilloche enamel background, which shades to g...

Outstanding sterling silver hinged case. With an enamel portrait of a mother collie with her two pups, in soft shades of black, white, brown and green. Hand-engraved family crest...

Outstanding antique sterling silver hinged case, with six enameled fish depicting six varieties of trout. Vibrant colors, beautiful crisp condition. 4 1/2" x 3 1/4". Made c. 1905. A...

Antique sterling silver hinged ring box. Distinctively set on three graduated sterling pedestals. There is an engraved border on the top, along with...

Early 20th century German Enameled Silver vanity box with translucent Guilloche Enamel decor in various colors and Gold with gilt interior in fine...

An exceptionally fine antique sterling silver and enamel jewellery casket. Beautifully shaped sterling silver box standing on four raised pa...

A guilloche enameled round box designed by R. Blackinton. Beautiful early 20th century enamel box, created by the Ross Blackinton Company Silversmiths & Goldsmiths, circa 1910. This...

Antique Swiss made 18k gold box, decorated with hand applied enamel. Box measures 3.25" x 2 5/16" x 7/8". Marked with a Swiss punchmark. Weight - 130.5 g...

A beautiful Art Nouveau pill box decorated with enameled East Asian motifs. Early twentieth century.

A guilloche enameled pill box designed by David Andersen. Extremely rare early 20th century enamel pill-box, created in Norway during the late Edwardian and art nouveau period at the workshop of David Andersen, circa 1910. This beautiful box was carefully crafted with impeccable details in solid .925/.999 standard silver with gilded interiors finish. Made of rectangular form with curved edges and fitted with a five barrels hinged lid, that can be raised by a simple thumbpiece. Engine turned guilloche decoration topped with applications of translucent silvered-white and light purple enamels and finally embellished with tiny flowers motifs decorations in high relief. Weight: 59.40 Grams, (38.08 Dwt). Measurements: 65 mm by 38 mm and a height of 13 mm (2.56 x 1.50 x 0.51 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with French and Norwegian marks, the maker's mark associated to David Andersen inside a cartouche, the mark for the assay of the silver S .925 and stamped twice with the French import mark of the swan, for importation. Very interesting exports and imports marks. Note: The hallmark of a swan facing to the left inside an oval (Osprey-124), was introduced in 1893 for small silver items imported into France. The silver product need to have at least a standard assay of .800/999 or over. The swan mark indicates that the item was produced in a non-treaty country and served as an import identification. The swan mark used until 1970. David Andersen David Andersen was born in 1843 in Østre Toten, Innlandet to Anders Svendsen and Anne Margrethe Gulbrandsdatter, and was the father of goldsmith Arthur David-Andersen. He was one of the most important Norwegian goldsmiths. From 1859 he was in apprenticeship with the jeweler Jacob Tostrup in Christiania (now called Oslo). He spent several periods abroad, in Berlin, Stockholm, Paris and London. During his stay in London he also imported Norwegian filigree works to the United Kingdom. He established his own goldsmith workshop in Christiania 1876, which eventually became a leading company in the goldsmith industry in Norway. A significant part of his filigree works was exported to Great Britain. As of 1899 his company employed 92 men...