Only Online Auction
Geneva, Apr 07, 2021
LOT 340
Unsigned
Message holder box; silver
CHF 500 - 1,000
EUR 500 - 950 / USD 550 - 1,100 / HKD 4,200 - 8,400TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 237
Silver cylindrical two-body message holder box with embossed bamboo motif.
Case engraved “Jacques Tschudi Esp. / Messrs. Diethelm & Co. Ltd. / Penang” and probably in Malaysian “Ban Gim Kongsi (The Drapper’s Guild) / Sin Hup Hin Sin Hogk Guan, Soon Bee /Heng Moh Hong Kee. Seang Bee. Heap Hin. / Guan Hup Hin. Sin Hoe Huat, Teong Guan / Ban Thang Hin.”.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Brand Unsigned, probably Malaysia
Year early-20th century
Material silver
Diameter 56 mm.
Length 382 mm. (approx.)
Notes
In the late 1860s, two young Swiss pioneers, Wilhelm Heinrich Diethelm and Edward Anton Keller, ventured to the Far East. Diethelm settled in Singapore, while Keller chose the Philippines as his new home. They found employment and soon set up their own businesses trading to and from Europe. Over time, the descendants of the founding families substantially expanded the trading business into marketing, logistics and related services, while also diversifying into industrial and travel activities.
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