A Fine Pair of Chinese Straits Silver Covered Boxes 19th Century, H.G.Beasley Collection. Each box identical and covered with embossed decoration, the finials with chased decoration. One box contains a small faded paper label suggesting these were collected on Christmas Day 1927. Height 11cm.

Provenance: from the well-known H. G. Beasley Collection. Harry Geoffrey Beasely assembled his collection between 1895 & 1939. Following his death in 1939 the collection was widely dispersed with many pieces going to the British Museum, such was the quality of the collection.

Also from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from Brighton.

For reference and details of similar items see the 1984 book “Straits Chinese Silver” by Ho Wing Meng.

Note: this is one of six lots of Straits silver from the H. G. Beasley Collection we are offering.