Featured Silver box with tile.

I've been caring this little box with me for years and finally unpacked it again. I tend to hoard pretty things. I've recently found that it might actually be silver. There isn't any stamps on it. The top is very heavy cause it's placed with a mirror on the inside and a tile on top. Has anyone ever stumbled across a similar item? I want to find out more about it.

 

What are the measurements and please show the bottom and side

 

Hi Amanda! Welcome!

Please edit your post and choose FULL image.....it's rather tiny right now.

 

Welcome!
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Hahaha thank you! It's pretty clear I haven't figured out the forum yet! It doesn't have a silver stamp anywhere.

 

I've been here a couple of years and I'm still figuring thing out

 

Well, the sticker on the bottom says "Made in China." Since that's in English I would think that if it was made of silver they would have said so.

 

I tried to do some research on identifying silver and it tarnished quickly with a drop of bleach and ice melts on i faster. I know its silly but that's all i had to go on. lol

 

Ice melts fast on both solid silver and silverplate. Given the lack of a marking, my money is on plated.

 

Does the magnet test work with silver plated? Does it stick?

 

A lot of the base metal alloys used for silverplated wares do not contain any "magnetic" elements, so using a magnet to detect the difference between solid silver and silver plated is useless.

 

Thank you!

 

You're welcome, Amanda. It's a very pretty little box!

 

Your pretty little box looks like the "pottery shard" trinket boxes (some with mirrors inside) made in China, and popular at import stores in the 1990's.

I've seen many of them listed for sale online as "sterling silver", but I don't believe they are. (Some also refer to them as Tibetan silver, but I'm not sure that's correct, either.)

 

Here's a tiny one (1 1/2" across - with a mirror in the top part) that was on my dresser(!) Please excuse the tarnish - in truth, I forgot it was there!

 

Yup, shardware. The pieces of porcelain can be very old indeed, but set in modern white metal pieces. I like the concept.

 

How very pretty. I love these little boxes and this was probably the most information I've seen about it. Thank you!

 

Hi and WELCOME, Amanda!! Regardless what it's made of, it's a lovely little box!!!!

 

Yes, it is .. Very nice indeed ... Joy.