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Description

The listing, Antique Silver and Mother of Pearl Pill Box has ended.

Selling a vintage box. It seems it would have been used as a pill box, but I am not sure. It is silver, but I don't know if it is sterling, but it does not react to a magnet. The top has what looks to be a mother of pearl inlay. It is almost an inch and a half in diameter. On the bottom is does have markings, but even under a magnifying glass I couldn't make out what it says. Something along the lines of: "aerag"

This was a unique estate find!

Questions & Comments

F & W :)

Sep 27th, 2013 at 9:07:01 PM PDT by

Sep 27th, 2013 at 9:15:21 PM PDT by

F&W

Sep 28th, 2013 at 12:23:13 PM PDT by

Sep 28th, 2013 at 5:25:47 PM PDT by

wish I could see the mark clearer, I do believe this is sterling though if i am reading the mark right.....

Sep 28th, 2013 at 10:44:18 PM PDT by

so do I lol!

Sep 28th, 2013 at 10:46:40 PM PDT by

fanned

Sep 30th, 2013 at 1:28:10 AM PDT by

Sep 30th, 2013 at 8:15:39 PM PDT by

Are you sure this isn't a snuff box. The metal on the inside leads me to that conclusion and I think this is pre-Victorian, too, but can't be sure unless you can find a makers' mark. Is there such a thing on this little box. This looks too masculine to have been a pill box, but it does look remarkably like a snuff box. Thanks for anything you might be able to add to the information about this box.

Oct 1st, 2013 at 11:05:42 AM PDT by

It may very well be. I tried to research it and couldn't find anything on it.

It does have a marking on the bottom, but it is hard to read. It looks like it says "Aerag". Perhaps that is the manufacturer.

Oct 1st, 2013 at 8:10:29 PM PDT by

Dont care what it is snuff/pill it awesome /// really nice auction

Oct 1st, 2013 at 12:51:15 PM PDT by

Ok, I did some further searching and it looks like jlynn112 is correct. This looks to be a vintage snuff box. Kinda cool!

Oct 1st, 2013 at 8:23:01 PM PDT by

F/w/going to bidd

Oct 1st, 2013 at 12:51:55 PM PDT by

great, thanks!

Oct 1st, 2013 at 8:23:10 PM PDT by

Great auction! F&W and hoping!

Oct 3rd, 2013 at 6:11:16 AM PDT by

Oct 4th, 2013 at 1:33:39 AM PDT by

If you have a desktop scanner, you can place it bottom down on the scanner, cover it with dark paper and scan it. With the proper settings on the scanner, you can get remarkably sharp pictures of flat objects and magnify the image to see the writing.

Oct 4th, 2013 at 8:53:41 AM PDT by

ill try that, thanks!

Oct 4th, 2013 at 12:34:07 PM PDT by

Antique Silver and Mother of Pearl Pill Box is in the Antiques category