A Victorian silver engraved vinaigrette

A Victorian silver engraved vinaigrette, Old Black Friar's Bridge,

by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1846,

rectangular form, the hinged cover with an engraved scene of the bridge with St. Paul's in the background and ships in the foreground, the interior with a silver-gilt pierced and engraved foliate scroll grille, scroll borders, the sides and base with reeded and engine-turned decoration, the base with a vacant cartouche, length 4.6cm, approx. weight 1oz.