Identifying Silver Box

[Coastallady]

Hello. If I could get some help Identifying this item I would be most appreciative. Links as follows

http://sv1.letmehost.com/img.php?file=s ... 79_000.jpg

http://sv1.letmehost.com/img.php?file=s ... re_001.jpg

http://sv1.letmehost.com/img.php?file=s ... re_003.jpg

Any and all help would be appreciated
Cheers :-)[/b]

[Coastallady]

Here are some better pics

http://sv1.letmehost.com/img.php?file=s ... llmark.JPG
http://sv1.letmehost.com/img.php?file=s ... of_Box.JPG

Hope these help

[admin]

Hi,
Your box is a piece of Yogya or Djokja silver from Indonesia. This type of silver was mostly produced for the Netherlands market and the collecting of it is seeing a resurgence there. Recently a large exhibiton of this silver was held at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. You can read a bit about it here ->
http://www.kit.nl/over_het_kit/html/kit ... temID=1078
Regards, Tom

[Coastallady]

wow thanks for that Tom. Is there anyway of telling how old it is?

[admin]

Not that I know of, would guess your piece was made ca. 1930 - 1960.

Regards, Tom

ps. do google exact phrase searches for "yogya zilver" and also "djokja zilver", you'll turn up a number of Dutch dealer sites offering this kind of silver with photos and descriptions and some history.

[Coastallady]

Thank you very much for the help. Will do the google search asap. This is a great site and I will recommend it to others. Cheers :-)