Casket

Silver. On a flat base, an octagonal body with a smooth, faceted wall and a hinged lid. The lid is divided by a double, elegant, wavy decorative stripe. The edge is slightly rounded and convex in the middle. A low-set base corresponding to the shape. On the visible side, a clasp button.

Inscription, delicate stroke, hallmark, master Lambrecht von der Burg (master since 1697), annual letter "S". Weight approximately 160 g. Height 3.9 cm. 9.4 cm x 9.4 cm. See also Andren, pp. 34-35, fig. 34 and p. 90, figs. 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, illustration to item 14. A fine Swedish Baroque silver box with lid by Lambrecht von der Burg (master since 1697). Mark, assay and master's mark, annual letter "S". Sweden. Stockholm. Year 1706.