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Lot 1080
A Collection of Six Southeast Asian Silver Boxes
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first a cylindrical box marked "E. Seng Chong / Sterling of Siam," the body featuring a Garuda flanked by two women dancing in traditional Thai clothing, the removable cover featuring the Erawan (4 in.) (good estate condition); the second an unmarked silver box of squat circular form, likely Straits Chinese, the removable cover featuring a guardian lion before a mountain range (some denting to cover); the third an unmarked cylindrical box featuring depictions of Angkor Wat to cover and body, Cambodian (good estate condition); the fourth an unmarked cylindrical box, likely Burmese, with dancing figures (some wear to chasing); the fifth a Burmese silver shaker with dancing figures, unmarked, the removable cover with threading (good estate condition); and the sixth a small box with silver tone mounts and purple colored plastic body (fair estate condition). All acid tested for silver (excepting purple box).

15.665 total weighable troy oz.

From the Collection of the late Zirkle James Estes, Jr., Charlottesville, Virginia