Thin Silver from Millsite

[steelheadwill]

Digging out a lot of 'regular' stuff from a site that started off very promising.
(17th C buckle & Quartz Point)
Most interesting is the thin sterling band, no idea what it was for, cigar band?
Lead/pewter button with gilt (or brass layer?) intact, no features except border left.
8" X 10" floral embossed brass sheet, has an attachment piece/clasp,
Victorian book cover ?
cuff size 1 piece eagle, and a big tombac button, jumbo intact compact...
Better days are comin, I can feel it
HH all

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice finds SHW. That piece of sterling Silver is from Birmingham, England. If you could tell me what the last letter is on the Cartouche I could identify the year....I cannot quite make it out, it looks like a capital "B" but I'm not exactly sure. From the style of the shield that the letter is within it looks like the date will range somewhere in the 20th century.

Here's another example of your citymark from Birmingham, England which is the Anchor and Lion (The one below is from the year 1900 as denoted by the style shield with lowercase "a"):

Nice (stuff) If the date letter is "B" it will be 1926. with that style of stamp. I havee found several strips like yours and always thought they might be a band for a cane or parasall

Les

Thanks all!
Les, do any of your bands have the 'AF & Co' stamp?
Nice touch to have Sterling bands on a cigar.
.5 Grams of silver = about 60 cents today...