17th century, probably Goan, silver filigree octagonal casket decorated in a dense scrollwork pattern of unmistakable Eastern taste. The lid is centred by a crowned monogram within a circular cartouche surrounded by phytomorphic elements and surmounted by a robust C shaped handle of zigzag design decorated with three interspersed filigree corollae. The casket’s eight side panels are ornamented with crowned double-headed eagles within zigzag patterned framing strips, suggesting a royal or princely European commission. The crowned monogram and double-headed eagle badge referring possibly to the Austro-Hungarian, Russian or Spanish Empires. A similar piece can be seen a casket with the arms of William of Orange, dated 1672, in Silver Wonders from the East . However, Hugo Crespo thinks that ihe piece is most probably made in Philipinas by a Chinese craftman ordered by an St Augustin Monastery.