including a Dutch silver engine-turned tobacco box, maker's mark illegible, 1849, engraved inside 'G.J. Mudema / Geboren 1813', 13.5cm., 5 3/8 in wide ;  a German circular silver box, Neresheimer, importer's mark of Berthold Müller, Chester, 1906, embossed and chased with a naval battle and putti on the sides, silver-gilt interior, 12cm., 4 3/4 in. diameter ; a German rectangular silver box, Lutz & Weiss, Pfzorzheim, late 19th century, the lid embossed and chased with peasants toasting newly weds, on four dolphins feet, 17cm., 6 3/4 in wide ; a small Victorian silver pill box, Harrison Brothers & Howson, London, 1888, embossed and chased with scrolls, 4.7cm., 1 7/8 in diameter; a French circular parcel-gilt silver box, A. Risler & Carré, Paris, circa 1900, 9.2cm., 3 5/8 in. diameter 

overall good condition apart from dutch example with some wear to engine-turning.
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