silver silent butler (ashtray) - Italy
this silver 'silent butler ' was made in Italy around 1935/1940. Silent butler is a small receptacle with handle and hinged cover used for collecting ashes and crumbs. It has ivory handle and stands on four paw feet with palmette head. The fully engraved lid has a double flower thumbpiece.
The silent butler is 8 1/4 in. wide (cm. 21) and was bought from an Italian dealer in an Antique fair.
This item is not for sale, but most of my pieces were bought through the Internet. On the right bar of 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 ...