Silver sugar bowl

Silver. Four stylized paws transitioning into an oval, convex body. Below the rim, around the perimeter, a relief mother-of-pearl frieze encircled by garlands of laurel leaves. A connected, slightly curved lid, centrally adorned with a floral rosette framed by a four-loop curved leaf and floral wreath. A narrow thumb rest. Gilded inside. Marks, delicate strokes, master Daniel Matignon (became a master in 1763). Weight approximately 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 ibid., see Figs. 56, 63, 64. German Neoclassicism. Silver sugar bowl by Daniel Matignon (master's workshop circa 1763). Gilded inside. Hallmarks, assay mark, and master's mark. German. Berlin. Circa 1779.