Antique Silver Items and Novelty Scent Bottle Collection
A sterling silver purse, a silver rattle, and a novelty scent bottle, 1885 Chester, with maker's mark for William Henry Christie; 1911 Birmingham, with rubbed maker's mark, and other, a rattle in the form of a rabbit with a Mother of pearl handle, a moire taffeta lined coin purse with scroll decoration in relief and a suspensor chain, and a porcelain strawberry scent bottle with a screw top sterling lid, lid as found;, hallmarked to two items, length 2.36 in., width 2.76 in. (purse).
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- Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries. - Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
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