Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 26th October 2016

Lot 855

An 18th century German silver sugar box

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £650

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Description

An 18th century German silver sugar box,

by Johann Baltasar Meyer, Braunschweig (Brunswick), circa 1780,

oval bellied form, embossed foliate decoration, domed hinged cover with a cone finial, pierced foliate scroll thumb-piece, on four pierced scroll bracket feet, split by hinge, length 15.3cm, approx. weight 9.8oz.