Antique Essex Crystal Silver Snuff / Pill Box

An antique solid silver snuff / pill box, with a gilded interior and the hinged lid set with a reverse hand carved & painted Essex crystal depicting a duck flying over a pond.

Lovely quality & immensely collectible!

CONDITION: All original and very good. Slightest signs of gilding wear and fading to paint commensurate with age and use - see pictures.

DEFECTS: None.

DATE/MARKS: Around 1870/80. Not marked.

DIMENSIONS: 30 mm diameter, 18 mm tall (1 inch = 25.4 mm). To give an impression of scale, the coin is 19 mm or ¾ of an inch diameter.

WEIGHT: Approx. 23.7 grams.