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Lot 208 Dα

A Neoclassical Berlin silver sugar box

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.386 € (incl. premium)

A Neoclassical Berlin silver sugar box

Rectangular box on four pad supports. The slightly domed lid with a continuous frieze of griffons. The lid applied with a relief depiction of Cupid playing a lyre. With original lock and key. H 7.5; W 15; D 10.8 cm, weight 415 g.
Marks of Gottlob Ludwig Howaldt, around 1820.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin.

Literature

Cf. Wolfgang Scheffler, Silberne Zuckerdosen in Deutschland 1700 - 1840, Berlin 1990, no. 130. For the griffon frieze see ibid. p. 190 f.