Antique German Sterling Gilt Silver Floral Engraved Repousse Snuff Pill Box 1880 Paintings inset with a Sevres porcelain

inset with a Sevres porcelain portrait plaque

the underside with a full set of impressed marks including "Minton"

the front of the helmet is decorated with a vertical engraved and pierced work band also set with enamel cabochons

The doors are flanked with a pair of carved winged cherub masks with a carved foliate panel below

the then most popular landscape painter in Scotland

Antique German Sterling Gilt Silver Floral Engraved Repousse Snuff Pill Box 1880 Paintings inset with a Sevres porcelainSOLD An elegant German Sterling Silver gilt repousse decorated snuff or pill box, circa 1880. The hinged lid decorated with a repousse work floral basket design, the side of the box with corresponding floral & scrolled design, the box opens and closes with ease and closes tightly. The box is stamped to the underside "935 Sterling Germany", which makes it a slightly higher grade than sterling silver, this box most likely made for the American market.