Some Octagonal Silver Filigree Caskets.

Some Octagonal Silver Filigree Caskets.

Sao Roque Antiguidades, Lisbon Octagonal Silver Filigree Casket.

With the Hapsburg Double headed Eagle on the Panels

Monogrammed on the lid.

They say Indo Portuguese.

7.11 x 16.51 x 13.97 cms

https://www.masterart.com/artworks/8716/silver-filigree-casket

I am very grateful to Messrs Sao Roque for permission to use their photographs.

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Octagonal Silver Filigree Casket.

With removeable fitted tray.

If this is a Pandan Box then it must certainly have been made in South East Asia.

Previously with Michael Backman

5.7 x 11.8 x 10.1 cms.

Michael Backman says:

"Importantly, the interior of the box retains its internal tray that has been fitted to permit use as a pandan. Indeed, the presence of the tray makes this box particularly important as it confirms its original intention for use as a betel box or pandan. The tray has dividers which segment the tray into five compartments. It has ring pulls on either side allowing it to be lifted completely from the box".

He also states that probably many of the similar caskets have lost their interior fittings

References:

Curvelo, A., et al, The Orient Museum, Lisbon, Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2008.

 Jordan, A. et al, The Heritage of Rauluchantim, Museu de Sao Roque, 1996.

 Levenson. J. (ed), Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 2007.

Provenance: 

Spanish Portuguese Collection.

https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/object/batavian-silver-filigree-paan-box/

Once again I am very grateful to Michael Backman.

Christie's - Lot 189. - 8 December 2011.

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5521695

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A near pair of Octagonal Silver Filigree Boxes.

With ALJ Antiques May 2023.

The Larger Box 14 cms Diam.

The Larger box does not have a hinge.

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The Smaller Box.13 cms Diam.

 

Detail of the hinge on the smaller box.

Both boxes have the Dutch Dolphin mark used between 1859 and 1893 on old or imported silver

Dimensions of box No.1 14.5 cm diam. of top. 6.5 cm is the height. 13 cm is the depth. 10.7 cm is the diam. of the hexagonal shaped base. 

Dimensions of box No.2 13cm. diam. of top. 5.5 cm. is the height. 12.5 cm is the depth. 10.2 cm is the diam. of the hexagonal shaped base.

See - Asian Art And Dutch Taste, by Jan Veenendaal, Waanders Uitgevers Zwolle, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2014, ISBN: 978 94 6262000 1.

 

For almost identical octagonal shaped box but with additional enamelled work decoration please see lot no. 195 exhibited in page 126.

I am very grateful to Duraid al Jashami for permission to use his photographs.

https://www.aljantiques.com/antique/a-close-pair-octagonal-shaped-filigree-silver-box-padang-west-sumatra-dutch-east-indies-west-sumatra-indonesia-circa-1700/

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Casket illustration from Jan Veenendaal.