Antique Dutch Colonial VOC Batavian Tortoise shell Silver Sirih Casket, Circa 1750 Recently Added Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico

there are five further drawers below

The lidded box very finely enameled with Champlevé in a floral design

engraved with maker's mark to the bezel

Antique Dutch Colonial VOC Batavian Tortoise shell Silver Sirih Casket, Circa 1750 Recently Added Museo de Arte Contemporáneo deA 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