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A SILVER-GILT AND AMBER SNUFF-BOX

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PERHAPS BALTIC, MID 17TH
CENTURY

Lot 280 / Sale 7850

Price Realized
5,000
($7,285)
Sales totals are hammer price plus buyers premium and do not
reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyers or sellers
credits.

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000
($5,780 - $8,670)

Sale Information
Sale 7850
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait
Miniatures and Gold Boxes
10 June 2010
London, King Street
Lot Description
A SILVER-GILT AND AMBER SNUFF-BOX
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PERHAPS BALTIC, MID 17TH CENTURY
Oval, the sides, base and detachable cover each applied with a band of filigree, the cover further set with a domed oval amber
plaque
2 7/8. in. (7.5 cm.) wide
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a
VAT inclusive basis.
Provenance
The Albert Collection.
Literature
R. Butler, The Albert Collection, 500 Years of British and European Silver, Woodbridge, p. 11, no. 545.
Department Information
Silver & Objects of Vertu
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The Greatest Goldsmith [Article]
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AN AMBER INSET PARCEL GILT SILVER

FILIGREE BOX
WEST INDIA, PROBABLY GUJARAT, LATE 17TH
CENTURY

Lot 364 / Sale 7871

Price Realized
8,750
($13,816)
Sales totals are hammer price plus buyers premium and do not
reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyers or sellers
credits.

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000
($11,000 - $15,000)

Sale Information
Sale 7871
Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds
5 October 2010
London, King Street
Lot Description
AN AMBER INSET PARCEL GILT SILVER FILIGREE BOX
WEST INDIA, PROBABLY GUJARAT, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Of oval form with seperate lid, the surfaces applied with tight filigree scrolls, on the base surrounding a central flowerhead, the
lid set with a central domed amber panel
2 7/8in. (7.5cm.) wide
Special Notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
Pre-Lot Text
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Provenance
The Albert Collection, sold in these Rooms 10 June 2010, lot 280
Literature
R. Butler, The Albert Collection, 500 Years of British and European SIlver, Woodbridge, p. 11, no. 545
Lot Notes
The work of this box is of the complex and elegant type seen on a pair of parcel gilt silver covered bowls and tazzas sold in these
Rooms, 8 October 2008, lot 250 and a gold Goa stone container and stand sold at Bonham's, 16 October 2003, lot 349. In the
note to the former, the problems of attribution were discussed, in light of the lack of surviving comparable items. The catalogue
entry on the Goa stone holder suggested Bombay, Rajastan or Gujarat as an origin. Because of the strength of European

influence on the silver covered bowls and tazzas however, coupled with the lack of European settlements in from the coast in
the 17th century, Gujarat - or possibly Bombay - are the most probable origin.
Department Information
Islamic Art
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Art of Imperial India
Londres | 09 oct. 2013, 02:00 PM | L13502

LOT 232
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER FILIGREE AND AMBER-MOUNTED

BOX, PROBABLY GOA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
of oval form, decorated with openwork filigree work composed of leafy foliate stems
scrolling around a central flowerhead, the lid with ensuite decoration to border surrounding
a large inset amber piece, with gilt interior and borders
7.5 by 6.5 by 2.5cm.
ESTIMATION 5,000-7,000 GBP