Casket

Silver. Above a flat base, an eight-times shaped body with a smooth, faceted wall and a hinged lid. The lid is divided by a double, elegant, wavy decorative band, the edge of which is slightly rounded and convex in the middle. The base is low and corresponds to the shape. On the front side, there is a clasp button. Workshop, delicate line, hallmark, master Lambrecht von der Burg (master since 1697), annual letter "S". Weight approximately 155 g. Height 3.9 cm. 9.4 cm x 9.4 cm. See Andren, pp. 34-35, ill. 34 and p. 90, ill. 442, 444, 446: here, an almost identical box from 1704 by another master is depicted in the catalog of the National Museum of Munich, Swedish Silver, 1991, ill. to item 14. Exquisite Swedish Baroque silver box with lid by Lambrecht von der Burg (master since 1697). Hallmark, assay and workshop mark, annual letter "S". Sweden. Stockholm. Year 1706.