Lot Essay
See illustrationr and weighing only 463 grams, was sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam on May 22nd 1996, lot 74
PROBABLY COLONIAL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Details
A silver box
Probably colonial, early 18th Century
Of rectangular form, on four ball feet, the sides and hinged cover engraved with typical motifs, with two shaped supports, held by rosets
13cm wide
(338gr.)
Probably colonial, early 18th Century
Of rectangular form, on four ball feet, the sides and hinged cover engraved with typical motifs, with two shaped supports, held by rosets
13cm wide
(338gr.)
Literature
cf. Catalogue, Drs S.M. Voskuil-Groenwegen, Zilver uit de tijd van de vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum 20 december 1966 - 12 februari 1967, no 53 for a similar sirih box