Edwardian 1910 Pforzheim Guilloche Enameled Round Box In .900 Sterling Silver

A guilloche and enameled bombe round box. This is a superb and fabulous enameled box, created in the city of Pforzheim Germany in the early 20th century, back in the 1910. This beautiful box was carefully crafted in the Edwardian Belle-Epoque style, with impeccable details in solid .900/.999 standard silver and finished with yellow gold gilt interiors. The box is circular with a lid bombe-shape and is fitted with four-barrels hinged lid raised by a simple thumbpiece. The circular sides are decorated with engine turned guilloche decorations which is topped with applications of translucent very light greenish enamel. The lid is decorated with the portrait bust of a full-dressed lady in high couture, wearing a flamboyant hat touched with an exuberant bow. Pforzheim The city of Pforzheim has been the center of the German enamellers, jewelry makers, watch, and clock industry since the 18th century. Pforzheim is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City"). Weight: 134.35 Grams, (86.13 Dwt). Measurements: Diameter of 80 mm and a height of 27 mm (3.15 x 1.06 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with German post 1886 marks, the mark of the crescent and the crown for the assay and warranty of the silver and the national export mark .900 for the silver standards. Edwardian Period This period