Silver Filigree Casket

Interesting 17th / 18th  Century Silver Filigree Casket 

Three Lateral Domes,

with Applied Filigree Double Headed Eagle.

Cast Feet

24 x 21.7 x 13.5 cms.

The form of the handles is distinct and appears in several caskets all of which appear to have their origins on the Iberian peninsular - which should not imply that they were manufactured there, but at this point it appears to be a strong possibility.

Every so often the research for this blog into Silver Filigree objects throws up something out of the ordinary (if one can describe any of these pieces as ordinary) that requires an in depth appraisal.

This large casket is one of those pieces.

 

 https://www.lahornacina.com/dossierandaluciabarroca11.htm

Annoyingly this website does not allow right clicking and so translation is difficult for the none Spanish speaker.

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17th/18th Century Silver Filigree Casket - Page 212, from The Heritage of  Rauluchantum, pub 1996.

With Five Lateral Domes.

The handles have some similarities with the casket illustrated above.

I dispute the suggestion that it is Indian - this casket is almost certainly Dutch or German.

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Casket from Dealers Sao Roque Antiquidades, Lisbon - nb. Handles.

11.94 x 10.41 x 7.11 cm.

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Silver Filigree Casket.

National Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.

NB The Filigree Handles.

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Another Casket from Soa Roque Antiquidades, Lisbon.

17.02 x 9.91 x 9.91 cms.

Nb. Filigree Handles as the casket above.

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