Five Sterling Silver Mounted Items with Glass Jars and Utensils
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Five sterling Slver mounted items, comprising two silver mounted glass jars including a cylindrical glass one with silver stopper (1911 Birmingham, G E Walton & Co), a small handled strainer (1920 Birmingham, Levi & Salaman), a silver handled cuticle knife and a fish knife with Mother-of-pearl handle. Total weight 219g, height 14 cm and smaller
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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.
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