Description:
Queen Anne box.
From original file: Circular silver box with flat sides. Pull-off top and bottom are both Elizabethan shillings dated 1562 and 1567. Small scroll decorations around engraved initials on side. Inscription: "EP 1712" on side. Both top and bottom shillings are very worn. Of flimsy, cheap quality.

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