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Silver Filigree Incense Burner (Sahumador) Modelled as a Turkey
Peru, probably Ayucucho circa 1820
height: 14.6cm, depth: 15.6cm, weight: 564g
Provenance
UK art market
Carved Wooden Prestige Sceptre
Ovimbundu People, Angola 19th century
length: 55cm
Provenance
UK art market
Chased Silver Lidded Box with Gujarati Inscription
India 18th-19th century
length: 11.9cm, height: 6cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
Engraved Reliquary Silver Cross
Spain or Portugal 17th century
height: 9.4cm, with: 6.5cm, thickness: 0.7cm, weight: 26g
Provenance
UK art market
Spanish Colonial Silver Candlestick
Spanish Colonial South America, probably Peru 17th-18th century
height: 24cm, diameter: 15.3cm, weight: 618g
Provenance
Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician spent much of his professional life practicing in Singapore. He amassed a large collection of Chinese jade, porcelain and ethnographica during that time.
Dutch Colonial Betel Box of Amboyna Wood & Pierced Silver Mounts
Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 18th century
height: 9cm, length: 19.5cm, depth: 13.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Tortoiseshell Box with Fitted Compartments & Gilded Mounts
Galle District, Sri Lanka circa 1870
length: 19cm, depth: 14.3cm, height: 7cm, weight: 608g
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Silver Filigree Heart-Shaped Box
Dutch East Indies, possibly Batavia or Sumatra 18th century
length: 7cm, width: 5.5cm, height: 2.5cm, weight: 91g
Provenance
UK art market
Sri Lankan Carved Ebony Box
Galle, Sri Lanka circa 1800
height: 10.3cm, length: 27.3cm, depth: 19cm
Provenance
UK art market
Carved Colonial Bone Infant Jesus
India, probably Goa 18th century
length: 8cm height: 3.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; most probably the item has been in the UK since colonial times.
Colonial Indian Chinese-Style Silver Tray
Karachi, India/Pakistan circa 1910
length: 38.8cm, width: 24cm, weight: 615g
Provenance
UK art market
The Calcutta Memento Cup by Dass & Dutt
Calcutta, India circa 1870
height: 44cm, weight: 1,464g
Provenance
UK art market
Regimental Indian Silver Table Lighter by Hamilton & Co.
33rd Duke of Wellington Regiment, India dated 1873
height: 13cm, width: 15.5cm, weight: 392g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Indian Silver Brandy Warmer by Lattey Brothers & Co.
Calcutta, India 1843-1855
length: 19cm, weight: 254g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Colonial Indian Carved Croquet Mallet with Chased Silver Mounts
Bombay, India 19th century
length: 86cm, width of head: 14.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Amboyna Wood & Red Lacquer Betel Box with Silver Mounts
Batavia, Dutch East Indies late 17th-early 18th century
height: 8.8cm, length: 20cm, depth: 14.5cm, weight: 794g
Provenance
collection of Paul Walter; Spink, London
Napoleonic Memorabilia: Rare Napoleon’s St Helena Tomb depicted on a Chinese Mother-of-Pearl Snuff Box with Silver Mounts
Canton, China circa 1820
diameter: 9.2cm, thickness: 3cm, weight: 277g
Provenance
UK art market
Spanish Colonial Silver Mate Cup & Stand
Argentina 18th-19th century
height: 14cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
European private collection
Colonial Sri Lankan Settee
Galle District, Sri Lanka circa 1840
length: 135cm, height: 80cm, depth: 61cm
Provenance
from a collection in southern England.
Large, Colonial Spanish Twin-Handled Serving Dish
Colonial Spanish South America, probably Argentina 18th century
length: 46cm (with handles extended), width: 25.5cm, height: 5.5cm, weight: 854g
Provenance
European private collection
Spanish Colonial Silver Mate Cup & Stand
Bolivia late 18th century
height: 16cm, weight: 287g
Provenance
European private collection