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Lot 1251 Nα

A silver sugar box

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 700 €

A silver sugar box

Rectangular box with chamferred angles and domed lid. The front with a small push-button to activate the spring opening mechanism concealed on the interior. H 6; W 13; D 10.5 cm, weight 370 g.
Presumably Baltic, maker's mark "FH" attributed to Franz Johann Hannemann, Dorpat 1750s.

Literature

For this type cf. Annelore Leistikow, Baltisches Silber, Lüneburg 1996, illus. 361.