Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Boxes (containers)

Subject

Furnishings

Description

Small oval box with flat hinged lid, with applied silver knobs, escutcheon and hinges

Source

Private collection, Europe

Relation

Whole

Identifier

euro02.03

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

Last quarter 18th century

Place of Creation

Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

22.9 cm. 16.2 x 6.4 cm. (9 x 6 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Materials

Tortoise shell and silver

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Silver escutcheon and fittings

Citation

"Boxes (containers)," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #11008, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/11008 (accessed March 29, 2024).

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