silver pill box - Italy
this is a silver pill box with sliding cover made in Italy after 1960.It is marked 800 (purity degree 800/1000 for Italian silver) and PD 23 (silversmith 23 Padova - Padua -).
The pill box is 2 1/2 in. wide (cm. 6) and was bought from an Italian dealer at an Antique Market.
This item is not for sale, but most of my pieces were bought through the Internet. On this page there are some links to silver and antique dealers websites
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This is a page of 'The What is? Silver Dictionary' of A Small Collection of Antique Silver and Objects of vertu, a 1500 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, Sheffield plate, electroplate silver, silverware, flatware, tea services and tea complements, marks and hallmarks, articles, books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths (Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington), history, oddities ...