Tortoise Antique

[ScottishFish]

I just spent last week in Amsterdam, I think a few members here will have seen some of the pics on Instagram. We went to a massive museum called the Rijksmuseum, it was closed for a decade to renovate! Anyway, me and my Girlfriend decided we had to pick a favourite object, this had to be mine


It was a tortoise shell fashioned into a powder flask dating approx 1625-1675!!

Anyone got any guesses to what kinda tort it could be? I found it quirky and really fascinating.

And here are some other holiday snaps just for fun.

 

[wellington]

Very cool. Looks like a leopard to me.great pics too.

 

[Yvonne G]

My first thought was that it is a hingeback tortoise.

 

[Millerlite]

Hard to tell, I can see a little leopard in there. Pretty crazy, very cool

 

[haidao88]

You are very lucky lol this place is on one of my top places to go to in my bucket list lol... Who knows how much longer it remains the place it is today


My tortoise Peach hates apples
Mario loves Peaches
0.0.2 redfoot

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

My favorite is you leaning on the copper beer cooker…if only you had been in Colorado Springs where proper beer is brewed. LOL.

 

[ScottishFish]

My favorite is you leaning on the copper beer cooker…if only you had been in Colorado Springs where proper beer is brewed. LOL.

Haha, the Heineken was pretty good over there. I did try one beer which was just superb, it was 9%abv .... Beautiful haha.