Late Victorian large sterling silver table snuff box with a hinged lid and raised thumbpiece. Ornately embossed all over with an Art Nouveau design of flowers, scrolls and foliage, as well as quilted medallions to the lid. The centre of the lid has a vacant cartouche in a scrolling frame, so this box can be engraved and personalised as a gift. Good size to use as a dressing table vanity box or small vide poche for trinkets. Maker: George Nathan & Ridley Hayes Assay office: Birmingham Date: 1895 54.26 g / 1.74 t oz 9 x 4 x 2 cm Good antique condition. Small dent to cartouche and to interior rim; several dings to base; few tiny holes and split to lid.