A Dutch colonial tortoise shell silver-mounted sirihcasket

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, FORMER DUTCH EAST INDIES, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A Dutch colonial tortoise shell silver-mounted sirihcasket
Apparently unmarked, former Dutch East Indies, 18th/19th Century
Rectangular-shaped on four silver ball feet attached to silver bottom, the tortoise shell body with foliate silver mounts at the corners, simulated lockplate and central plague on hinged cover, six flowerhead nails to the cover
19cm. (7½in.) long

Lot Essay

For a similar casket but with plain mounts compare: S.M Voskuil-Groenewegen et.al., Zilver uit de tijd van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Zwolle, 1999, no. 55, p. 134
See illustration

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