Object number : 395
Augsburg 1719 (see Seling No. 181)
Maker’s mark: “PS” in the oval for Paul Solanier (Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede, no. 1669)
Length: 5.5 cm, width: 4.5 cm, weight 60 g.
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Detailed Description
Small silver-gilt lidded box of outstanding quality and in excellent original condition.
In the second decade of the 18th century, a type of box appeared in Augsburg that was basically an elongated octagon.
The present small box has a lively, moving floor plan, which is continued in the lid. Regence ornaments adorn the lid.
Original gilding.
Master: Paul Solanier, born 1635 in Nuremberg, master since 1665, died 1724.