Antique Dutch Colonial VOC Batavian Tortoise shell Silver Sirih Casket, Circa 1750 Sculpture 5 cm X 71 cm

5 cm X 71 cm (low: 56 cm

the bowl with carrying lugs to the side and similarly decorated in under-glazed blue

most likely by Phillippe-Joseph Brocard (1831-1896)

Wynn Ellis

the urns having circular socle bases and raised on square ormolu plinths

Antique Dutch Colonial VOC Batavian Tortoise shell Silver Sirih Casket, Circa 1750 Sculpture 5 cm X 71 cmA rare, Dutch Colonial, Batavian (now Jakarta) Dutch East Indies silver and tortoise shell Sirih casket, circa 1750. The casket was used for storing highly prized betel nut, which was chewed ritually by high ranking Indonesian officials and adopted by settlers from the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC). Made from tortoise shell and having Rococo silver mounts, the box fitted with a chain to keep the lid open and a substantial lock to the front. The