Boxes And Bowls
Antique silver boxes have various uses. Traditionally, they had different purposes: as sugar boxes, powder boxes, tea-caddys (tea-box), spice boxes, jewelry boxes, pill boxes along with snuff boxes.
Antique silver bowls often have a flat form and with the purpose of testing wine. Another common use for antique silver bowls was for hunting, these being the so-called stirrup-cups or hunting-cups. Antique silver stirrup-cups can also be found here.
Magnificent, smooth wine tasting bowl from Bordeaux, Tasse a vin
Round bowl, with central bulge inwards, left smooth
Drinking Bowl (Tcharka), Silver Gilt
This so-called tcharka, a round drinking bowl for vodka or brandy was made in Hamburg c. 1670 by the maker Johann Brockmer.
Silver-Gilt German Toilet-Box „Casket"
The pair to this silver-gilt toilet casket with facing female medaillion on the cover and the same inventory stamp VIII, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
A Fine Pair of German Silver Rococo Boxes
This pair of graceful silver boxes presents a very fine object of rococo from Augsburg. The bulging form of the box is through flowing embossed decoration with elegant gadroons adorned.
Charming small Augsburg silver-gilt toilet box
Charming, small silver-gilt toilet box with lid, originally most probably part of a larger toilet set.
Royal silver, partially gilt seal box for King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia with the original wax seal
Seal box for King Friedrich Wilhelm III
Drinking Bowl with Two Handles, Silver Gilt
This round silver partly-gilt drinking bowl stands on a low foot and has twoside- handles. Dated 1664, made in Brig (Switzerland) by Anton Tuffitscher.
A Fine Silver, French Stirrup Cup
A wonderful, fine and in a very good condition object of the hunting culture: a stirrup cup from Clermont Ferrand, France.
Silver-Gilt German Drinking Bowl with Engraving
This silver gilt drinking bowl was made in Augbsurg (Germany) in the early seventeenth century by the maker Adam Forster. It has a wonderful engraving.
French Tea Caddy, Silver
This tea caddy is a simple and elegant object of French silver. It was made in 1783/4 in Paris by the silversmith Claude-Isaac Bourgoin.
German Soap Box of the Régence, Silver Gilt
German silver soap box, silver, fully gilt, produced in Augsburg during the Régence period (beginning of the 18th c). Made by Gottlieb Menzel, 1713-7.
German, Silver Parcel-Gilt, Two-Handled Bowl and Cover
This silver, parcel-gilt two-handled bowl and cover, in German called “Wöchnerinnenschüssel“ has an (art) historical as well as utilitarian and symbolic value. It was made in Nuremberg, second half of the 17th century.
A Queen Anne Pair of Silver Boxes
These Queen Anne, square silver boxes are octagonal divided by narrow and long sides. The only decoration of these exceptionally attractive boxes is the fine gadroons (ornamental surface or edges) on foot and lid.
Snuff Box (Tabatière) with architectural settings, Silver, partly gilt
This silver partly-gilt snuff box has a rectangular form and shows typical Rococo ornamentation. Made in Potsdam c. 1770 by Chr. Fr. Müller.
Silver-gilt Eleven-Part Toilette Service
This set of objects, silver-gilt, originate from a toilette service, made in Augsburg, at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
German Enamel Double Snuff Box with Silver-Gilt Mountings
In the early eighteenth century, French snuff boxes (tabatières) made of gold and enamel or of other precious materials, were quite fashionably in Germany. Boxes, namely snuff boxes, which are decorated like this present one, are usually attributed to the workshop of the Huguenot Pierre Fromery.
German Enamel Double Snuff Box with Silver Mountings and Animal-Motives
The decoration of the snuff box is faithful to the rococo style. One could think that this enamel box was taken when hunting, due to the animal décor it shows.
Silver Gilt German Porringer and Cover (Ecuelle)
This silver gilt porringer with cover (écuelle) from Augsburg is an excellent example of the Régence style in the 18th century. The maker is Johann Erhard II Heuglin.
Silver-Gilt German Bowl
This silver gilt german bowl with snakeskin decor was made by Gregor Leider in Augsburg in the seventeenth century.
Fine German Silver-Gilt Bowl with Inset Coins
The present, silver-gilt German drinking bowl is with inset coins of Polish dukes and earls. The drinking bowl was often used for drinking wine or brandy.
Fine French Silver Gilt Bowl and Cover (Empire)
This French silver gilt bowl with cover comes from the directoire period – transitional period from the Louis XVI to Empire style. Made in Paris by Hache.
Silver Spicebox with Two Compartments
This baroque silver spice-box with two spice compartments and cover on four rocailles feet from Augsburg around 1700 is made by Johann Heinrich Mannlich.
George III Tea Caddy, Silver
This George III tea caddy, silver, has an oval shape and is very fine and detailed engraved with flowers and garlands. Made in London 1786/ by John Harris II.
Ibex Box with Silver Mounting, Salzburg, signed
This pressed ibex box from Salzburg with silver mounting, made by Johann Glarer (Klarer) (1772-1833) is of outstanding quality and conciseness.
Salzburg Ibex box with silver mountings, carved
Rare Salzburg ibex box with carved lid motif and silver mountings. Normally, the motifs are pressed into the horn, but this one is clearly carved.
Salzburg Ibex Horn Box with Silver Mounting
Ibexes were attributed with extraordinary powers, to claim these for man artists used ibex horn to produce objects, like this ibex horn box with silver mountings.
