Our catalogue > East-West Trade & Colonial Antiques
Shown here are Spanish, Dutch & other colonial works of art & luxury goods made in Asia and occasionally South America, for local Europeans or for the market in Europe itself, typically in the 17th & 18th centuries. Other trade-related items also are shown. Many items are from the Dutch East Indies, Sri Lanka or India. But colonial silver from South America also is included.
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Enquiry about object: 6605
Pair of Indian Parcel-Gilt Matthew Boulton-Style Silver Filigree Candle Vases
Made in India for the English Market circa 1770
heights: 21.2cm, combined weight: 1,324g
Provenance
US art market
Enquiry about object: 6611
Portuguese-Thai Lacquered Box with Mother-of-Pearl & Glass Inlay
Thailand, probably Ayutthaya, & Portugal 17th-18th century
length: 26.6cm, depth: 14.8cm, height: 13.2cm, weight: 936g
Provenance
Portuguese art market
Enquiry about object: 6728
Historically Important Colonial Silver Standing Cup Relating to the British Conquest of Java, 1811, Inscribed & Dated
colonial silversmith either in India, probably Calcutta, or Batavia, East Indies. circa 1810
height: approximately 55cm, width: 38.5cm, depth: 26cm, weight: 5,550g
Provenance
private collection, UK; previously sold at Sotheby's London, 1991.
Enquiry about object: 6578
Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box & Key
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
width: 14.7cm, depth: 9.9cm, height: 6cm, weight: 586g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6528
Exceptional Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Fine Silver Mounts
Dutch Colonial East Indies, probably Batavia (Indonesia today) 18th century
height: 8.1cm, length: 19cm, depth: 13.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6585
Colonial Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Lacquered Box with Chased Silver Mounts
Dutch East Indies, Batavia/Sumatra, or Vietnam 18th century
length: 21.2cm, depth: 11cm, height: 11.2cm, weight: 499g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6538
Dutch Colonial Ivory Box with Silver Mounts
Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) 18th century
length: 13.9cm, depth: 6.9cm, height: 4.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6389
Rare, Indo-Portuguese Ceremonial Gilded Silver Filigree Flower Basket
Indo-Portuguese Goa, India second half of the 17th century
height: 10.2cm, diameter: 6.6cm, weight: 136g
Provenance
previously in a private house, Bangkok, Thailand
Enquiry about object: 5656
Rare Gujarati Silk Trade Shawl with Rare Tax Stamps
Gujarat, Western India late 18th century
152.5cm x 151cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6251
Exceptional, Rare & Large Dutch East Indies Pandan-Shaped Silver Filigree Toiletry Set, Box, Cover & Tray
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
diameter of tray: 28cm, diameter of box: 19.5cm, height of assembled set: 15.8cm, weight: 2,254g (2.254kg)
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired in London prior to that.
Enquiry about object: 6123
Important Indo-Portuguese Goa Seychelles Nut Vessel with Silver Mounts
Goa, India circa 1750
height: 28.3cm, length: 32cm, width: 13.7cm, weight: 1.295g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1292
Woven Cane Jewellery Basket with Brass Mounts (Vel-pettiya)
Kandy, Sri Lanka 18th-19th century
height: 19cm, width: 23.3cm, weight: 620g
Provenance
Christie's; Dutch art market
Enquiry about object: 6139
Colonial Silver-Mounted Coconut Cup
probably Colonial Sri Lanka 18th century
height: 12cm, diameter: 11cm weight: 167g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6113
Colonial Vizagapatam Ivory-Inlaid Portable Writing Box
Vizagapatam, India 1720-30
width: 43.6cm, depth: 34cm, height: 11.4cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 848
Rare, Finely Carved Coconut Money Box with Silver Mounts (Alcancia)
Spanish Colonial Guatemala 18th century
height: 18cm, length: 19cm, weight: 437g
Provenance
European antiques market.
Enquiry about object: 6217
Indian Gold-Inlaid, Koftgari-work Cross
Northern India circa 1865
height: 8.4cm, width: 5.6cm, weight: 22g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6199
Spanish Colonial Silver Stirrup
Spanish Colonial Alto Peru 18th century
height: 18cm, width: 13.3cm, depth: 13.4cm, weight: 732g
Provenance
London art market, previously acquired in Ghent, Belgium
Enquiry about object: 5700
Dutch Colonial Silver Filigree Box & Cover
Dutch Colonial Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 17th-18th century
length: 21.2cm, depth: 14cm, height: 7.4cm, weight: 1,108g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6144
Colonial Spanish Powder Flask (Yesquero)
Colonial Spanish, Argentina 19th century
length: 7cm (not taking into account the curve), weight: 27.59g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6076
Large, Colonial Spanish Inscribed Silver Serving Platter
Colonial Spanish South America, probably Argentina 18th century
diameter: 33.8cm, height: 4.4cm, weight: 823g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6107
Fine & Large Silver Filigree Tray or Platter
probably India 18th-early 19th century
diameter: 27.5cm, height: 4cm, weight: 573g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5655
Rare, Early Chinese Images of Jesus & Mary on Silver, after Pierre Goret
China or Chinese artisans in the Philippines circa 1700
heights: 20.8cm, widths: 16.3cm, combined weight: 371g
Provenance
art market, London.
Enquiry about object: 5533
Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length: 17.7cm, height: 7.1cm, depth: 12.3cm, weight: 975g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5988
Fine, Colonial South American Silver Toothpick Holder
Peru or Bolivia, Colonial South America 18th century
height: 11.8cm, weight: 124g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5562
Colonial Satinwood Box with Pierced Silver Mounts
Colonial Jamaica 18th century
length: 25cm, depth: 16.1cm, height: 10cm
Provenance
UK art market; the Lawrence Family of Wiltshire, England, and Jamaica.
Enquiry about object: 5681
Colonial South Indian Gilded, Chased Silver Ink Stand
Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, South India circa 1790
height: 8cm, diameter: 10cm, weight: 239g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5710
Dutch Colonial Surinamese Escaped African Slave (Maroons or Bushinengues) Wooden Stool
Maroon or Bushinengue People, Suriname, South America 19th-early 20th century
length: 40cm, height: 29cm, width: 23cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5671
Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Flask with Indian (or Similar) Engraved Silver Mounts
China & India or similar Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century
height: 9.6cm, weight: 66.8g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5076
Indo-Portuguese Parcel-Gilt Pierced Silver Bezoar Stone Box
West India, probably Gujarat or Goa circa 1700
length: 5cm, diameter: 4.4cm, weight: 48g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4572
Batavian Colonial Silver Filigree Tray or Platter
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia; and possibly India 17th-18th century
length: 42.7cm, width: 24.5cm, height: 3.7cm, weight: 957g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5217
Two Mughal Engraved Gilded Silver Boxes inset with Tortoiseshell Panels
North India circa 1740
length of largest box: 9.5cm, width: 8.8cm, height: 3.3cm, weight: 183g; length of smaller box: 7.5cm, width: 6.7cm, height: 1.8cm, weight: 98g
Provenance
Scottish art market
Enquiry about object: 4078
Rare Agate Box with Chased Silver Mounts
India, perhaps Goa circa 1700
height: 13.3cm, length: 14cm, depth: 10.1cm, weight: 1,127g
Provenance
UK art market; European collection.
Enquiry about object: 4577
Unusually Large Chased Silver Christian Cross
Sri Lanka 19th-early 20th century
height: 11.8cm, width: 6.6cm, weight: 39g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4402
Silver Box & Lid Covered in Silver Filigree
Ottoman Turkey 18th-19th century
height: 9.8cm, diameter: 9.3cm, weight: 292g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3791
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.
Enquiry about object: 5038
Pair of Colonial Carved Wooden, Iron & Leather Stirrups
Mexico or Chile 18th-19th century
height of wooden section of each stirrup: 25cm, width: 22cm, depth: 15.5cm, length of leather strap: 38cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4796
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
Enquiry about object: 1671
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
Enquiry about object: 4052
Unusually Large, Silver Filigree Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, or possibly India circa 1700
length: 22.3cm, width: 16cm, height: 10cm, weight: 1,675g
Provenance
Private London collection (estate)
Enquiry about object: 4050
Underglaze Blue Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Ceramic Kendi with Ottoman Silver Mounts with Tugra
China/Ottoman Turkey circa 16th century
height: 16.6cm, diameter: 14cm, weight: 795g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4618
Colonial Calamander Wood Document Box with Fine Silver Mounts
Sri Lanka 18th century
length: 24.5cm, height: 11cm, depth: 18cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3785
Engraved Reliquary Silver Cross
Spain or Portugal 17th century
height: 9.4cm, with: 6.5cm, thickness: 0.7cm, weight: 26g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1656
Finely Carved Sri Lankan Eight-Sided Ebony Measure or Staff
Sri Lanka 17th-18th century
length: 41cm, diameter: 2.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3616
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
Enquiry about object: 4658
Finely Carved South Indian Nut with Silver Mounts
South India, probably Madras circa 1800
length: 10.2cm, weight: 108g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1547
Spanish Colonial Silver Mate Cup & Stand
Argentina 18th-19th century
height: 14cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
European private collection
Enquiry about object: 1668
Spanish Colonial Silver Copy of a Chinese Pan Iron
probably Argentina circa 18th century
length: 18.3cm, height: 5.6cm, weight: 371g
Provenance
European private collection
Enquiry about object: 1679
Spanish Colonial Silver Mate Cup & Stand
Bolivia late 18th century
height: 16cm, weight: 287g
Provenance
European private collection
Enquiry about object: 3859
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.
Enquiry about object: 2751
Rare Christian Chinese Hand-Painted Engraving Scroll
China or Vietnam 18th-19th century
length: 125cm, width: 70cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3132
Rare Colonial South American Allegorical Emerald & Diamond Pendant
Spanish Colonial or Spain 18th century
height: 5.2cm, width: 3.5cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4614
Colonial Silver Filigree Lidded Box & Tray
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length of tray: 11.5cm, length of box: 9.3cm, combined weight: 153g
Provenance
: UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3229
Colonial Batavian Silver & Gilt Betel Box Set
Batavia, Dutch East Indies early 19th century
length of box: 21.3cm, depth: 13.6cm, height: 7cm, combined weight: 1,159g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3520
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
Enquiry about object: 2869
Colonial Sri Lankan Carved Ebony Box
Galle, Sri Lanka circa 1830
length: 28cm, depth: 20.5cm, height: 13.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; most probably has been in the UK since colonial times.
Enquiry about object: 2010
Highly Unusual Madurese Kris with Ebony Scabbard and Hilt Carved as a Dutch Resident, and with a Pegon Inscription
Madura, Indonesia circa 1820
length: 49.5cm, length of blade: 32cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1712
Massive Dutch Colonial Sri Lankan Ebony-Inlaid Teak Document Box
Dutch Colonial Sri Lanka late 17th-18th century
length: 72cm, depth: 51cm, height: 15.5cm
Provenance
The Lairds of Blair, Blair Castle, Scotland.
Enquiry about object: 1714
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
Enquiry about object: 3173
Sri Lankan Carved Ebony Box
Galle, Sri Lanka circa 1800
height: 10.3cm, length: 27.3cm, depth: 19cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1843
Colonial Indian Silver Brandy Warmer by Lattey Brothers & Co.
Calcutta, India 1843-1855
length: 19cm, weight: 254g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1715
Exceptionally Fine Indian Deccan Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree Pandan
Deccan, India 18th century
height: 5cm, length: 9.6cm, weight: 77g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1108
Carved Tsonga Bowl attributed to Muhlati
Tsonga, Mozambique late 19th century
height: 38cm, width: 18cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Enquiry about object: 1716
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
Enquiry about object: 1010
Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Engraved, Parcel-gilt Silver Mounts
Sri Lanka late 18th century
length: 16cm, width: 12cm, height: 5.2cm, weight: 305g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1085
Brass Colonial Spanish or Dutch Stirrups
Spanish South America or Dutch Suriname 17th-19th century
both each approximately 27cm in length & 12.5cm in height; weights: 1348g and 1324g
Provenance
European art market.
Enquiry about object: 1101
Spanish Colonial Tooled Leather & Wood Chest with Iron Fittings
Peru late 17th century
length: 50cm, width: 39cm, height: 28cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Enquiry about object: 3007
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.