Kavel 5046

Silver betel/tobacco box, raised with hinged, ajour-cut lid, set with a 18 ct gold oval medaillon, engraved and punched with foliate motifs on all sides. Such boxes were used to hold shredded tobacco and sometimes betel nut, reference: Jasper, J.E. & Pirngadie, De Inlandsche Kunstnijverheid in Nederlandsch Indie IV: de Goud en Zilversmeedkunst, 1930. Sumatra, Indonesia, 18th-19th century, -length: 11 cm, width: 5 cm, height: 4 cm, weight: 210 gr, excellent condition, -