Unusual George V Silver Travelling Sugar Cube Box - Omar Khayyam
S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd, Birmingham 1917
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An unusual George V sterling silver travelling sugar cube box, of square form with a hinged lid with a push button release, chain attachment. The lid engraved with a stanza “Ah, fill the Cup:- what boots it to repeat How Time is slipping underneath our Feet: Unborn To-morrow and dead Yesterday, Why fret about them if To-day be sweet!”. Gilt interior with wire grill for fifteen sugar cubes.
By S Blanckensee and Son Ltd, Birmingham 1917.
The stanza is from; the XXXVII of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, at of Omar rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859.
Sold - £495.00
Condition
In good condition with no damage or repair, some minor surface scratches
Dimensions
H
80 mm
(3.15 inches)
W
76 mm
(2.99 inches)
D
19 mm
(0.75 inches)
Weight
119.00 Grams
(3.83 troy ounces)
Country
England
Stock Code
DC091024.A
Medium
Silver
