Silver Casket
Description
Silver. On a flat, pleated base of an oval-cylindrical body, decorated with relief-plastic and partially chased ornamentation of fruits. A low-domed lid, overlapping the body, with a wide wavy pleated edge and a centrally arranged, correspondingly designed, lush cluster of fruits. Attribution, delicate touch, hallmark, master Hans Jakob Schech or Scheler (master circa 1668). Weight approx. 60 g. Height 3 cm. 7.8 cm x 6.2 cm. See Seling 2007, number 1695 or 1854, BZ 0970. A small German Baroque silver casket by Hans Jakob Schech or Scheler (master from circa 1668). Mark, assay, and workshop mark. German. Augsburg. 1689-1692.
