Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Edward Smith 1839 Decorative Arts Each vase with gilded handles

Each vase with gilded handles and gilded embossed dragons

Also Sotheby's New York have sold two very similar helmets one in November 2016

155 cm X 105

16" long X 16

a lamp snuffer and a twisted brass tool to clean out spent wicks

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Edward Smith 1839 Decorative Arts Each vase with gilded handlesA fine antique engraved sterling silver vinaigrette, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1839. The vinaigrette is finely engine turned to the hinged top and the undersaide, the lid is monogramed engraved with "J. A. to E. C." The outline of the vinaigrette is shaped and engraved, the gilt interior having a hinged engraved & pierced cover. The case is hallmarked both on the inside of the lid and the base, with the anchor mark for Birmingham and the date letter