A Victorian sterling silver card case, Birmingham 1880 by Frederick Marson Of shaped rectangular form with a hinged lid. Engraved with aesthetic style decoration of pond plants and rushes attended to by two cranes, the obverse a parrakeet within a rectangular reserve truncating an engine turned fan, below prunus flowers. Fully marked to the base flange, the lid with duty mark only. Length – 19.8 cm / 3.9 inches Weight – 66 grams / 2.12 ozt