A DUTCH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND EBONISED DOCUMENT BOX VIZAGAPATAM, CIRCA 1730 Of rectangular form, overall inlaid with foliate and floral sprays, the hinged lid decorated with a large radiating floral bouquet issuing from a stylised vase and centred with the coat-of-arms of Sichterman and opening to reveal a fitted interior with silver hinges, sand caster, and ink well, two hinged side compartments and three shallow drawers, on bun feet 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high; 24 7/8 in. (63.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep Provenance Almost certainly commissioned for Jan-Albert Sichterman (1692-1764) (according to the coat-of-arms), and thence by descent.
A DUTCH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND EBONISED DOCUMENT BOX VIZAGAPATAM, CIRCA 1730 Of rectangular form, overall inlaid with foliate and floral sprays, the hinged lid decorated with a large radiating floral bouquet issuing from a stylised vase and centred with the coat-of-arms of Sichterman and opening to reveal a fitted interior with silver hinges, sand caster, and ink well, two hinged side compartments and three shallow drawers, on bun feet 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high; 24 7/8 in. (63.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep Provenance Almost certainly commissioned for Jan-Albert Sichterman (1692-1764) (according to the coat-of-arms), and thence by descent.
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