Silver casket

Silver. On a flat, folded base of an oval-cylindrical body, decorated with relief-plastic and partially chased decor of fruits. The low convex lid, overlapping the body, features a wide, wave-like folded edge and a central, correspondingly designed, lush cluster of fruits. Attribution, delicate stroke, marking, master Hans Jakob Schech or Scheler (master around 1668). Weight approximately 60 g. Height 3 cm. 7.8 cm x 6.2 cm. See Seling 2007, number 1695 or 1854, BZ 0970. Small German Baroque silver casket by Hans Jakob Schech or Scheler (master from about 1668). Mark, assay, and workshop mark. German. Augsburg. 1689–1692.