Sugar Box. Silver. Northern Europe (possibly Berlin), First Half Of The 19th Century.

Sugar bowl. Silver. Northern Europe (possibly Berlin), first half of the 19th century.
Contrasting marks.
Rectangular box with chamfered corners resting on four nail claws, with a lid projecting towards the center and a plaque engraved with the owner's initials. On the outside, it has a frieze of plant motifs above the keyhole. In a private European collection, there is a sugar bowl with a hallmark similar to that of this piece (the initial A in a circle), a neoclassical work from Berlin, the work of Gottlob Ludwig Howalt, dated circa 1820. This type of sugar bowl with a closure was common in parts of northern Europe and took on a similar appearance to that of this piece after the invasion of Napoleon Bonaparte, with which French aesthetic models spread.
Weight: 487 grams. - Dimensions: 16x12x10 cm