Antique 1760 Lignum Vitae Coin Silver Surgeon's Case Box French Armorial Dragon

This magnificent custom fitted cylinder box/case of lignum vitae has beautifully engraved solid silver mounts (unmarked) and shows shrinkage cracks to the beautiful and dense wood as pictured. Measuring 9 1/4" tall x 3 5/8" across it features 3 sections that thread together and a main body with silver mounted interior having 19 small compartments.

It has 2 silver bands with engraving and the top is set with a 2 3/4" solid silver disc engraved with elaborate crowned armorial shield flanked by dragons or griffins with the motto "Liberte Tout Entiere There are no contents and the cracks, while prominent, do not make the box terribly fragile. This is no run of the mill piece of treen, and the armorial likely makes it rather important. The item "Antique 1760 Lignum Vitae Coin Silver Surgeon's Case Box French Armorial Dragon" is in sale since Monday, December 28, 2020.

This item is in the category "Antiques\Science & Medicine (Pre-1930)\Medicine\Surgical Tools". The seller is "hank503" and is located in Huntington, Indiana. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay.

• Maker: France
• Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1930