Special flask or powder horn cut from a coconut and fitted with beautifully engraved silver fittings. Application is not entirely clear. Could have been used as a powder horn, perfume bottle or lemon bottle used in betel nut preparation in the East. (Betel lime bottle)
Probably from India or Indonesia.
Probably from the 18th century.
The nut has 12 silver round plates as decoration. The cap is also made of silver and has a chain.
Marked with Z11 (Dutch re-inspection for second grade silver)
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