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HI ALL GOOD PEOPLE

I have this silver mystery object which i can't figure out, it's round with a lever on the side which opens a "trapdoor" is the center which opens up downwards.

I think the hallmark says C. B. & sons, although i cannot find a exact match on this site or on the silvermakersmark site i think it might perhaps be Charles Boyton & Sons. the year letter is k for 1925. The side is marked 3029 Patent 558 or 358.

What was this used for? is it part of something or on its own?

THANKS.

I have no idea what it is, but the sponsor's mark is GB&SONS for George Betjemann & Sons.

Phil

HI PHIL

Yes it matches perfectly with his mark on your site. thanks for that.

Is there any way to look up what this is by the patent number?

Just a guess--it looks like the top piece of a receptacle for cigarette butts and pipe ashes.

That thought would fit in nicely, George Betjemann & Sons, were known suppliers to Alfred Dunhill.

See: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15634

and: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... 62&p=40203

Trev.

Thanks alot to both of you.

Have a nice weekend.

I was going to guess it was something tobacco related as well. The bar on the top seems a nice place to rest a cigarette. The piece seems a little beat up and maybe missing a piece or something?