TWO SILVER REPOUSSÉ LIDDED BETEL BOXES Burma (Myanmar), late 19th - early 20th century Comprising two lidded boxes, each of cylindrical shape, on a flat circular base, the lid gently convex, the larger decorated with bands of lush leaves, fretwork and geometric patterns around the body and a floral vegetal medallion on top of the lid, 8.5cm high; and the smaller with a grid pattern to the body and lotus medallion surrounded by a band of vegetal tendrils on top of the lid, 4.5cm high. Provenance: purchased in Burma in the 1950s, in a UK private collection since.