A SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL CASKET, of rectangular form with domed roof, the tortoiseshell veneer over a wood core, incised with scrolling foliage inhabited by birds and wild beasts, each panel centred with an inlaid mother-of-pearl quatrefoil, the whole enlivened and framed with silver mounts, the silver lockplate in the form of a crowned double headed eagle, the reverse engraved EN, GUADALAXA, late 17th or 18th Century

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A SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL CASKET, of rectangular form with domed roof, the tortoiseshell veneer over a wood core, incised with scrolling foliage inhabited by birds and wild beasts, each panel centred with an inlaid mother-of-pearl quatrefoil, the whole enlivened and framed with silver mounts, the silver lockplate in the form of a crowned double headed eagle, the reverse engraved EN, GUADALAXA, late 17th or 18th Century
5½ x 8 3/8 x 4¾in. (14 x 21.3 x 12.1cm.)

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