Antique SILVER & Cut Glass hotsell Vanity Dressing Table Lidded Pot CHARLES MAY 1909

Description:

A circular hobnail cut glass dressing table pot with a silver lid made by Charles May of Birmingham. The lid has intricate floral decoration with a vacant cartouche in the centre which could be engraved with initials if desired. The underside of the lid is gilded. The base of the glass pot has a star cut.

Silver lid weighs 17.1 grams.

Identifying Marks / Makers Marks:

Hallmarked on the edge of the lid with "CM" (maker CC May & Sons Charles May), an anchor for Birmingham, the lion passant for silver and "k" for 1909.

Age / date of manufacture:

1909.

Size:

Measures 3" (7.6 cm) tall and is 2 3/8" (6 cm) in diameter.

Condition:

Silver lid is in good condition with no holes or splits, has 1 small dent on the vacant cartouche on the lid (difficult to show in a photograph). Cut glass base is in excellent, clean, undamaged condition, has some age related wear on the base.

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