A Four silver or silver-mounted glass spirit flasks, three English, one probably German, late 19th/early 20th Century

comprising: a large oblong silver-mounted flask, the detachable beaker base engraved with the initial W, A. & J. Zimmerman, Birmingham, 1901, 19cm., 7 1/2in. high; another, all silver, plain, beaker base, C.H. Cheshire, Birmingham, 1894; and small plain example, James Dixon & Sons Ltd, Sheffield, 1933, retailed by John Bagshaw & Sons, Liverpool, 9.8cm., 3 7/8in. high; the possibly German example with compartment for cigarettes, engraved with a monogram within an elaborate cartouche, inscribed and dated 1890, 14.3cm., 5 5/8in. high; also two leather and glass flasks, electroplated nickel or Britannia metal mounts and beaker bases, both James Dixon & Sons

mostly good or fair condition, marks good to fair or rubbed, the largest flask has a dent in the beaker
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