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Material: Tortoise Shell
Vintage Coastal Pencil Reed Vases - Set of 2
Vintage Coastal Pencil Reed Vases - Set of 2

Vintage Coastal Pencil Reed Vases - Set of 2

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A fantastic vintage coastal set of two vases. Chic coiled pencil reed in a warm tortoise shell finish. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

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Late 20th Century Philippine Tortoise Shell Vases

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Reed

Two Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Bible Boxes with Silver Mounts, 18th Century
Two Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Bible Boxes with Silver Mounts, 18th Century

Two Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Bible Boxes with Silver Mounts, 18th Century

Located in Amsterdam, NL

Tortoiseshell and silver H. 5 x W. 22 x D. 12 cm Tortoiseshell and silver H. 4.3 x W. 17 x D. 9.5 cm The function of bible boxes in the Dutch East Indies was just as much a status symbol, to show off one's wealth on the way to church, as it was to hold a small bible or hymnbook. Bible boxes existed in gold, silver, ivory, sometimes inlaid with precious stones, and in Coromandel or ebony wood. In the Dutch East Indies on the way to church, the women tried to display their fortune by the costliness of her bible box. The highest-ranking women had gold bible boxes, inlaid with precious stones, carried by a slave. The lower-ranking women had wooden bible boxes as the present ones. In 1754 Governor-General Jacob Mossel decreed that only the wives and widows of a Governor-General, Director General, Councillor of India or President of the Justice Council, were allowed to carry golden boxes...

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18th Century Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Antique Tortoise Shell Vases

Materials

Silver

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