Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Sculpture This rare palace size Astrolabe

This rare palace size Astrolabe on stand is in two sections

Each table is of reverse serpentine shape and having a hinged fold over top

the base engraved and pierced with heart shaped decoration

The bracelet band having Etruscan style beaded granulated decoration and a strong closing clasp and opening chain

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Sculpture This rare palace size AstrolabeA fine antique sterling silver gilt early 19th century Vinaigrette, Birmingham, by Gervase Wheeler, 1839. This beautiful vinaigrette having fine engine turned decoration on all sides, with a shield shaped cartouche to the lid and an engraved floral clasp to the front. The silver gilt interior having a pierced and engraved hinged cover which would have received a sponge with aromatic scent to smell, rather than the foul smell of the city! Both the