A Victorian silver sandwich box by Frederic Purnell.
Of plain rectangular form, with a piano-hinged lid opening to reveal an additional hinge at the base, allowing the lid and back to lie flat with the base, the interior is gilt, and the front panel inscribed: 'Presented to Mr F. C. Ivory by his colleagues on retirement from the Port of London Authority and their predecessors The Surrey Commercial Dock Co. 1905-1946', hallmarked London 1878; height 3.5cm, width 13cm, depth 8cm, total weight 9.14ozt.
Of plain rectangular form, with a piano-hinged lid opening to reveal an additional hinge at the base, allowing the lid and back to lie flat with the base, the interior is gilt, and the front panel inscribed: 'Presented to Mr F. C. Ivory by his colleagues on retirement from the Port of London Authority and their predecessors The Surrey Commercial Dock Co. 1905-1946', hallmarked London 1878; height 3.5cm, width 13cm, depth 8cm, total weight 9.14ozt.
