{"id":5591325180054,"title":"Antique Sumatran Silver Tobacco Box \u0026 Lime Box, Sumatra, Indonesia – Late 19th Century","handle":"antique-sumatran-silver-tobacco-box-and-lime-box-sumatra-indonesia-late-19th-century","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSilver tobacco box and lime box, each of bulbous form with hinged lid, ornamented with Sumatran foliate work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThese containers were attached to the user’s belt or hung from silk cloth worn over the shoulder and were used as portable betel sets, allowing the user to chew betel while ‘on the go’! The larger container would have held tobacco or betel ‘quid’, and the smaller container lime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe tobacco container is in an abstracted fruit form with foliate decoration covering the exterior and geometrical line work to the underside. The lime container is in the form of a mangosteen fruit, with alternating bands of foliate work and unembellished silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eA similar set, which shares the form and ornamentation of this set,  can be seen within the collection of the Asian Civilization Museum in Singapore, although it is attributed to Perak, Malay Peninsula (06823).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePrevenance: Europe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSources: Brownrigg, Henry. Betel Cutters. Stuttgart: Staib Mayer, 1991.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eLength: 18 cms, Height: 6 cms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eItem: #191\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-08-09T12:22:37+01:00","created_at":"2020-08-09T12:22:36+01:00","vendor":"Joseph Cohen Antiques","type":"Tobacco Box","tags":["Sold Archive"],"price":0,"price_min":0,"price_max":0,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":35683699130518,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"JC-TOBA-06863","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Antique Sumatran Silver Tobacco Box \u0026 Lime Box, Sumatra, Indonesia – Late 19th Century","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":0,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box.jpg?v=1596973221","\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-2.jpg?v=1596973221","\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-3.jpg?v=1596973221","\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-4.jpg?v=1596973222","\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-5.jpg?v=1596973222"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box.jpg?v=1596973221","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":10616400576662,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"width":768,"src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box.jpg?v=1596973221"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box.jpg?v=1596973221","width":768},{"alt":null,"id":10616400609430,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"width":768,"src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-2.jpg?v=1596973221"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-2.jpg?v=1596973221","width":768},{"alt":null,"id":10616400642198,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"width":768,"src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-3.jpg?v=1596973221"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-3.jpg?v=1596973221","width":768},{"alt":null,"id":10616400674966,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"width":768,"src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-4.jpg?v=1596973222"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-4.jpg?v=1596973222","width":768},{"alt":null,"id":10616400707734,"position":5,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"width":768,"src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-5.jpg?v=1596973222"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":768,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.josephcohenantiques.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/malay-silver-sumatra-tobacco-lime-box-5.jpg?v=1596973222","width":768}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSilver tobacco box and lime box, each of bulbous form with hinged lid, ornamented with Sumatran foliate work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThese containers were attached to the user’s belt or hung from silk cloth worn over the shoulder and were used as portable betel sets, allowing the user to chew betel while ‘on the go’! The larger container would have held tobacco or betel ‘quid’, and the smaller container lime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe tobacco container is in an abstracted fruit form with foliate decoration covering the exterior and geometrical line work to the underside. The lime container is in the form of a mangosteen fruit, with alternating bands of foliate work and unembellished silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eA similar set, which shares the form and ornamentation of this set,  can be seen within the collection of the Asian Civilization Museum in Singapore, although it is attributed to Perak, Malay Peninsula (06823).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePrevenance: Europe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSources: Brownrigg, Henry. Betel Cutters. Stuttgart: Staib Mayer, 1991.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eLength: 18 cms, Height: 6 cms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eItem: #191\u003c\/p\u003e"}