A silver filigree casket, unmarked, probably Indo Portuguese, 17th/18th Century

rectangular, drop handles, domed hinged lid with hinged, the interior fitted with a later detachable divider and two silver-mounted cut-glass pots with slip-on covers, unmarked probably 19th century

A few small losses to filigree: two very small areas on lid and front supports crushed with loss of filigree to front right foot, solder repairs to underside. The hinged lock plate appears to be lacking a small section to cover the key hole, the covers unmarked, probably early 19th Century For all sales which take place on or after 1 February 2015, please note that the rate of buyer's premium for each lot (charged as a percentage of the hammer price achieved for that lot) has been revised and shall be calculated at the thresholds set out below: Buyer's premium is 25% of the hammer price up to and including £100,000; Buyer's premium is 20% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £100, 000 up to and including £1,800,000; Buyer's premium is 12% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £1,800,000. As stated above, the revised thresholds are effective as of 1 February 2015.
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For a comparable but larger casket, Goa, India, mid 17th Century, from The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, see Jay A. Levenson, Encompassing the Globe, Portugal and the World in the 16th & 17th Centuries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 2007, p. 264, I-32.