Striking Custom Hand Made Silver Gilt Box Mounted With Turquoise And Emeralds. The Outer Shell of This Box Heavily Gilded Silver (Probably Mercury Gilded), The Inner Lining is Silver Gilt. It is Hand Made And Has Been Set With Turquoise And Rough Cut Emeralds. The Box Has Been Tested With an X-Ray Metal Analyzer And is Confirmed as Silver. It Is Possible The Box Originates From a Central Asian Location, Possibly Bukhara, Uzbekistan or Afghanistan. Treasures Similar in Presentation To This Box Are Known To Have Existed Many Centuries Ago In Central Asia Which This Box May Be Based On. The Gilding To The Exterior Is Of The Colour And Quality Associated With Mercury Gilding. Date: Probably Late 19th/ Early 20thCentury. Dimensions: 4.5 cm High x 4.5 cm Wide. Weight is: 95 Grams. Guaranteed To Be As Described.