A Batavian silver-mounted tropical hardwood coffer - image-1
A Batavian silver-mounted tropical hardwood coffer - image-2
A Batavian silver-mounted tropical hardwood coffer - image-1A Batavian silver-mounted tropical hardwood coffer - image-2

Lot 574 Dα

A Batavian silver-mounted tropical hardwood coffer

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €

A Batavian silver-mounted tropical hardwood coffer

The polish presumably later. H 10, W 22.5, D 17.5 cm.
Mid-18th C.

Literature

Similar pieces in cat.: Silver uit de tijd van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Zwolle 1999, no. 57 ff. The locking versions of such chests were used for storing betel nuts.