An Edwardian guilloche enamel coins purse made by E. J. Houlston.Very rare early 20th century enamel oval coin purse, created in Birmingham England during the Edwardian period. This beautiful antique piece was carefully made at the silversmith workshop of Edwin Houlston, back in the 1913 Crafted with impeccable details in solid .925/.999 standard silver and lined in the interiors with natural folded leather. Made in an oval bombe shape and fitted with a five barrels, a hinged push lid raised by a simple thumbpiece. Engine turned guilloche decoration topped with applications of translucent light purple enamel and a finger double chain of four inches attached to a ring. Engraved with a beautiful A incissed with baroque patterns.Weight: 74.30 Grams, (47.63 Dwt).Measurements: 101 mm by 56 mm by 22 mm (3.98 x 2.21 x 0.87 Inches).Hallmarks: Stamped with England Crowns marks, the anchor for the city of Birmingham, the maker's mark EJH, associated to E. J. Houlston inside a cartouche, the mark for tha assay of the silver .925 and the letter O for the date of 1913.Edwin HoulstonThe company was reputedly established in the 1830s, the Birmingham firm of E.J. Houlston Ltd were specialising in good quality silver and silver-plated tableware and smalls during the first half of the 20th Century. They registered their mark ‘E.J.H’ in 1903 and 1945 which remained in use until 1963. Although Houlston originally seem to have specialised in silver mountings
