Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Redo C" (Hors Commerce) meaning not

C" (Hors Commerce) meaning not to be sold

below the vanity is a central drawer with an ogee shaped top and flanked with a bank of three smaller drawers

The flask having a conical engraved top and reticulated and pierced base in the Persian Arabesque style

the other an impressed X

37" tall X 12

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Redo C" (Hors Commerce) meaning notA 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