Sterling Silver Perfume Bottle by Sampson Mordan, London 1883

• Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• perfume / scent bottles, material
  • other 651
  • sterling silver 165
• perfume / scent bottles, period - Victorian 470
• Sampson, Mordan & Co. (England) - decorative items 83