Exquisite Baroque Box

Silver. Over a flat stand, an eight-fold ribbed body with a smooth, faceted wall and hinged lid. The lid is divided by a delicate, wavy decorative band. The edge is lightly chamfered and centrally curved. Correspondingly designed, the stand is minimally displayed. A visible push button serves as a closure. Engraved, tremolo stroke, hallmark, master Lambrecht von der Burg (master since 1697), date letter "S". Weight approximately 160 g. Height 3.9 cm. 9.4 cm x 9.4 cm. See also reference, page 34-35, figure 34 and page 90, figures 442, 444, 446: here is a nearly identical box from the year 1704 by another master depicted in the catalog Nationalmuseum Munich, Swedish Silver, 1991, figure to number 14. A fine Swedish Baroque silver lidded box by Lambrecht von der Burg (master since 1697). Test, assay, and master's mark, date letter "S". Sweden. Stockholm. 1706.