Chinese and English Silver Cigarette Cases and Compact
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Three Chinese and English silver cigarette cases and compact, early 20th century comprising a Chinese export silver cigarette case marked silver Taiping, of slender rectangular form with applied raised medallion to the front and engraved temple with characters to the back, a small sterling silver cigarette case (1919 Birmingham, William Henry sparrow), and a powder compact of circular slightly domed shape, with inset mirror hinged cover, marked solid silver. Weight 303g L11 cm, width 7 cm
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- 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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