Silver casket

Silver. Oval shape with a straight, smooth surface. Slightly curved lid with a central oval medallion and a large leaf ornament above a punched background. The edge is surrounded by a relief pearl and tongue decoration. Gilded inside. Attributed, trembling line, hallmarks, master Johann Conrad Weiss (master since 1699). Weight about 45 g. Height 2.5 cm. 6.3 cm x 5 cm. See the catalogue of the German National Museum, vol. I, part 1, BZ 32, number 943. See also here vol. 1, part 2, p. 969, fig. 683 (type). Small silver box from Nuremberg by Johann Conrad Weiss (master since 1699). Gilded inside. Assay, hallmarks, and workshop mark. German. Nuremberg. 1707–1715.