CONTINENTAL AND FOREIGN SILVER ARTICLES, LOT OF 11, comprising an unmarked silver reticulated bon bon/nut basket with red glass liner by Georg Roth & Co. of Hanau, Germany, a bon bon/sugar shovel by J.D. Schleissner & Sohne of Hanau, Germany, a German 0.800 silver tea strainer, a French 0.950 silver snuff box with "E D" maker's mark featuring engraved decoration to exterior, a Dutch 0.833 silver snuff box with possibly an "c" or "r" date mark for 1862 or 1876, a Dutch 0.833 silver salt spoon with pierced handle, an 0.800 silver chamberstick, an Israeli 0.800 silver spoon, and three Japanese pieces of a 0.950 silver cigarette holder and a pair of sterling figural ship salt and pepper shakers. Most pieces with silver fineness mark, some with maker's marks. Total weight excluding glass liner: 13.620 ozt. 19th and 20th century. Bon bon basket 2 1/2" HOA, 7 1/8" x 3 1/4" OA.
Most in good to very good overall condition with wear, surface scratches, and other imperfections including bending, dents, nicks, and/or worn spots to raised decoration; tea strainer with possible repair to terminal of handle; shovel with possible repair to bowl; Dutch snuff box with a small hole to lid corresponding to Minerva hallmark.