A Dutch Colonial silver rectangular sirihcasket
Apparently unmarked, former Dutch East Indies, late 18th/early 19th Century
On four later paw feet, the spreading plinth supporting the two-handled body, with applied pierced foliate lockplate and four flower-heads, the hinged cover decorated with a navette-shaped silver-gilt foliate plaque, four flower-heads and four silver bird-shaped nails, gilt ornaments later
17.5cm. long
814gr.
A Dutch Colonial silver rectangular sirihcasket
Apparently unmarked, former Dutch East Indies, late 18th/early 19th Century
On four later paw feet, the spreading plinth supporting the two-handled body, with applied pierced foliate lockplate and four flower-heads, the hinged cover decorated with a navette-shaped silver-gilt foliate plaque, four flower-heads and four silver bird-shaped nails, gilt ornaments later
17.5cm. long
814gr.
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