A Dutch colonial silver sirihcasket

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, FORMER DUTCH EAST INDIES, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A Dutch colonial silver sirihcasket
Apparently unmarked, former dutch East Indies, first half 18th Century
On four ball feet, the rectangular casket applied with rectangular pierced foliate lock plate and four flowerheads, two engraved hinged handles, the hinged cover decorated with six applied flowerheads
19.3cm. (7¾in.) long
762gr.

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Please note that this lot is below legal alloy

Lot Essay

For a similar sirih casket compare: S.M. Voskuil-Groenewegen et al., Zilver uit de tijd van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Zwolle, 1999, no. 56, p. 135
See illustration

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