Vintage silver (800 probably Continental) pill box this beautiful item has flowers and leaf decorations to top and sides marked 800 3 cm wide 2 cm depth 1 1/2 cm tall 
Manufactured pills were a product of the Victorian Era, so it’s no surprise that elaborately decorated pill boxes (also spelled "pillboxes") arrived around the same time. Made out of everything from wood and bone to gold, silver, and stone, pill boxes quickly became must-have ornamental accessories. Because of their diminutive size, pill boxes are often mistaken for snuff boxes. In fact, the utility of a pill box is its size rather than its original purpose, which is why Victorians frequently used the smallest antique snuff boxes they could find to hold their pills.