Box of the Dutch West India Company, The trade of the West India Company in Africa, Rectangular box of turtle and gold, The rectangular box, with rounded corners, has a loose lid. Bottom, walls and lid are made of turtle, set in profiled golden edges. The lid contains a gold nugget with white stones, around which a scene with Mercury as the God of Commerce in the center, on the right a woman washing gold with on her right a scene with gold diggers, and on the left a man wearing an elephant stand, with a scene on his left on the coast depicting the trade in slaves. In the middle at the top the coat of arms of William IV of Orange-Nassau, governor of the Dutch Republic. The flat bottom is inlaid in gold piqué with a rectangular map of the West African coast between Senegal and Angola with the inscription AFRICA (the gold partially renewed). Each of the four arched walls has a symmetrical golden shield with the image of a fort within a frame of C-volutes with leaves, rocailles and flowers, rocaille ornament, maps of separate countries or regions, Ghana, Netherlands, Willem IV (Prince van Oranje-Nassau), West India Company, Jean Saint (attributed to), Amsterdam, 1749, gold (metal), velvet (fabric weave), h 5.8 cm × l 18.0 cm × w 11.9 cm × w 614 gr
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Box, Dutch West India Company, trade, West India Company, Africa, Rectangular box, turtle, gold, rectangular box, rounded corners, loose lid, Bottom, walls, lid, set, profiled golden edges, lid contains, gold nugget, white stones, scene, Mercury, God, Commerce, center, right, woman washing gold, gold diggers, left, man wearing, elephant stand, coast depicting, slaves, middle, top, coat, arms, William IV, Orange-Nassau, governor, Dutch Republic, flat bottom, inlaid, gold piqué, rectangular map, West African coast, Senegal, Angola, inscription AFRICA, gold partially renewed, four arched walls, symmetrical golden shield, image, fort within, frame, C-volutes, leaves, rocailles, flowers, rocaille ornament, maps, separate countries, regions, Ghana, Netherlands, Willem IV, Prince van Oranje-Nassau, Jean Saint, attributed, Amsterdam, 1749, metal, velvet, fabric weave
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