Tea chest of tortoise with three silver rectangular bushes; The rectangular chest of tortoise on oak; mahogany and violet wood is covered on the inside with green velor. It has a hinged lid; an interior divided into three compartments by means of two sliders and a drawer underneath. It rests on four cast silver legs in the shape of a bird's claw on an oval ground. The box has diagonally placed; slightly protruding corner posts and; above a low straight-walled base; has a hollow curve; a convex profile and an elongated S-curve. The lid is closed at the bottom by a convex profile above which a convex curve; an S-curve and a hollow curve; closed at the top by a convex profile that surrounds the slightly raised; flat top. The drawer is opened by pressing a silver tab on the bottom. The lock and hinges of the lid are made of silver; just like the cast lock plate; which has the shape of an asymmetrical cartouche of rocailles; and the handle on the lid; which is also cast. This is made up of two C-volutes decorated with leaves; connected by an asymmetrical rocaille motif. It hinges in two spherical holders; resting on twisted rosettes. The two sliders in the interior are finished at the top with a turtle edge.; Pieter Bartholomeus van Linden (attributed to); Amsterdam; 1756 and/or c. 1755 - 1756; silver (metal); oak (wood); mahogany (wood); kingwood (wood); velvet (fabric weave); h 22 cm x w 24.6 cm x d 15 cm h 9.3 cm x w 9 cm x d 5.8 cm w 334 gr w 342 gr h 9.3 cm x w 8.9 cm x d 6.1 cm x w 338 gr