A German silver model of a camel, Firma Neresheimer, Hanau, circa 1897, with Victorian import marks for John George Smith, London, 1897

realistically cast, chased and modelled, with import marks for John George Smith & Co., London, 1897 

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John Culme, Gold & Silversmiths Jewellers and Allied Traders, London 1987

Good marks, general condition excellent
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Neresheimer, the well-known firm of manufacturing silversmiths in Hanau, were from their beginnings in 1890, focused on the export market.  Although their principal importers into Britain were the Germans, Berthold Müller & Son, and later Gourdel Vales & Co, originally from Paris, they clearly used other companies. John George Smith & Co, known as The  Continental Daily Parcels Express, was a shipping agent with an interest in silver,  importing wares from other German manufacturers such as Simon Rosenau from the spa resort of Bad Kissingen