Featured Four-Piece Vanity Case (Birmingham ca. 1910).

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  1. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Made in Birmingham for the firm of P. Orr & Sons, based in Colonial India...

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    "BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT"

    P. ORR & SONS

    GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS

    MADRAS & RANGOON

    "FOR BABY".
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    I believe the set to be all complete and original but almost none of the hallmarks match in date. The jars are 1905, the brush is 1907, and the comb is 1910.
     
    Shangas, Jun 10, 2018
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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    What a nice gift!
     
    Bakersgma, Jun 10, 2018
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  3. Sandra

    Sandra Well-Known Member

    Nice to see the teeth of the comb still intact. Hard to find replacements for them.
     
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  4. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    That's what gripped me, too. Often they're completely wrecked. The silver is almost tin-foil thin. I'm amazed that's survived!!
     
    Shangas, Jun 10, 2018
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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Christening gift, put away in a drawer and never used.
     
    daveydempsey, Jun 10, 2018
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  6. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Hi Dave,

    Thanks for that. I did wonder about the "FOR BABY"!! :p I shall have to re-name this in my sales advert...
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Beautiful, Shangas.
    I agree, classic birth or christening present. For Baby, no name, could mean for a birth, although there were certainly ready-made christening gifts.
     
    Any Jewelry, Jun 11, 2018
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  8. AuDragon

    AuDragon Well-Known Member

    The different dates have me intrigued. Given it was bought in India and just post-Victorian with British influence, would it have been possible to have walked into the store and selected individual items that were assembled as a one off into the Christening box? There are slight variations on the flowers between the brush and the jars, and I just wondered if this service in a fine store like Orr and Sons was possible.
    Some links:
    http://www.porrandsons.com
    www.michaelbackmanltd.com/1950.html
    http://www.thehindu.com/features/fr...epers-of-madras-since-1849/article2711862.ece

    They still operate today concentrating on fine watches.
     
    AuDragon, Jun 11, 2018
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