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Filigree was exempt from hallmarking, so is difficult to date with any degree of accuracy, or know for certain where it was made. In Europe, the Mediterranean island of Malta and the city of Genoa were known for the quality of their filigree work. Chinese craftsmen also produced fine filigree, although this case bears none of the features of Oriental filigree work.
The inner slip of this case is engraved with the words ‘S B McKim, Baltimore, 1841’. Sarah B Birckhead married Haslett McKim in 1841. This case was almost certainly a wedding gift and shows the status of the McKim family as one of Baltimore’s most prominent families of the time.
The case sold in 2009 for around £1,500.
The inner slip of this case is engraved with the words ‘S B McKim, Baltimore, 1841’. Sarah B Birckhead married Haslett McKim in 1841. This case was almost certainly a wedding gift and shows the status of the McKim family as one of Baltimore’s most prominent families of the time.
The case sold in 2009 for around £1,500.
THIS FILIGREE CASE IS MADE OF 14 CARAT GOLD; WHAT’S MORE, IT COMES WITH PROVENANCE
| stag antler |
| tiffany silver |
| carved ivory |
| carved sandalwood |
| cloisonne |
| gold & enamel |
| gold filigree |
| japanese lacquer |
| mop & turquoise |
| persian silver |
| red-felt birchbark |
| red-stained ivory |
| birch-bark |
| gold by asprey |
| indian filigree |
| irish bog oak |
| japanese ivory |
| lukutin lacquer |
| palais royal |
| papier-mache |
| russian nephrite |
| silesian wire-work |
| chequer ware |
| faberge enamel |
| gem painted pearl |
| gold & enamel |
| ivory & lacquer |
| japanese lacquer |
| japanese lacquer |
| mother-of-pearl |
| silver castle top |
| tortoiseshell |
| chalcedony |
| elephant tooth |
| faberge enamel |
| inlaid lacquer |
| japanese ivory |
| red sealing wax |
| russian cloisonne |
| seaweed ware |
| tiffany enamel |
| tiffany silver |
| tunbridge ware |
| bamboo |
| chinese enamel |
| chinese silk |
| derbyshire marble |
| european ivory |
| french straw work |
| japanese bronze |
| japanese komai |
| lukutin lacquer |
| red-stained ivory |
| shibayama |
| spiers papier mache |
| buckskin |
| faberge gold |
| leather |
| mauchline ware |
| porcelain |
| rock crystal |