Silver sugar bowl

Silver. Four stylized paws transitioning into an oval, convex body. Under the rim around the perimeter is a relief mother-of-pearl frieze, surrounded by garlands of laurel leaves. The connected, slightly curved lid is centrally decorated with a floral rosette, framed by a four-looped curved wreath of leaves and flowers. Narrow thumb rest. Gilded interior. Hallmarks, delicate strokes, master Daniel Matignon (became a master in 1763). Weight about 240 g. Height 10 cm. 14 cm x 10.8 cm. See Scheffler, Berlin, BZ 10, No. 993, MZ 182; comparable sugar bowls by the master there as well, see figs. 56, 63, 64. German Neoclassicism. Silver sugar bowl by Daniel Matignon (master's workshop around 1763). Gilded interior. Marked, assay and workshop mark. German. Berlin. Circa 1779.