A sterling silver Christmas Cracker shaped presentation box maker's mark Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co, London, circa 1898 with central hinged lid opening to reveal a ring compartment and with velvet padded ends for hat pins all raised on four ball feet, stamped to side and with Rd.324031, 18 cm long. Illustrated in Cummins, Dr G., Antique Boxes: Inside and Out, Antique Collector's Club, Suffolk, colour plate 1, p. 11