Tea chest of tortoise with three silver rectangular bushes, The rectangular chest of tortoise on oak, mahogany and violet wood is covered on the inside with green velor. It has a hinged lid, an interior divided into three compartments by means of two sliders and a drawer underneath. It rests on four cast silver legs in the shape of a bird's claw on an oval ground. The box has diagonally placed, slightly protruding corner posts and, above a low straight-walled base, has a hollow curve, a convex profile and an elongated S-curve. The lid is closed at the bottom by a convex profile above which a
Tea chest of tortoise with three silver rectangular bushes, The rectangular chest of tortoise on oak, mahogany and violet wood is covered on the inside with green velor. It has a hinged lid, an interior divided into three compartments by means of two sliders and a drawer underneath. It rests on four cast silver legs in the shape of a bird's claw on an oval ground. The box has diagonally placed, slightly protruding corner posts and, above a low straight-walled base, has a hollow curve, a convex profile and an elongated S-curve. The lid is closed at the bottom by a convex profile above which a convex curve, an S-curve and a hollow curve, closed at the top by a convex profile that surrounds the slightly raised, flat top. The drawer is opened by pressing a silver tab on the bottom. The lock and hinges of the lid are made of silver, just like the cast lock plate, which has the shape of an asymmetrical cartouche of rocailles, and the handle on the lid, which is also cast. This is made up of two C-volutes decorated with leaves, connected by an asymmetrical rocaille motif. It hinges in two spherical holders, resting on twisted rosettes. The two sliders in the interior are finished at the top with a turtle edge., Pieter Bartholomeus van Linden (attributed to), Amsterdam, 1756 and/or c. 1755 - 1756, silver (metal), oak (wood), mahogany (wood), kingwood (wood), velvet (fabric weave), h 22 cm × w cm × d 15 cm h cm × w 9 cm × d cm w 334 gr w 342 gr h cm × w cm × d cm × w 338 gr
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