A GERMAN SILVER-GILT SPICE BOX AND COVER
MAKER'S MARK ONLY STRUCK TWICE, A MONOGRAM HK CONJOINED WITH ARROW BETWEEN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
The unmarked cover chased with masks, fruit and foliate scrollwork, the raised fluted centre with detachable nude male figure finial supporting a shield engraved with a demi-lion rampant over a fleur-de-lys on linear ground, the circular body with cagework decoration incorporating shells, scrolls, flowers and lion masks in profile, raised on three sea-horse feet, interior with four detachable triangular compartments, each engraved to sides with birds amidst foliage and flowers
3¾ in. diameter (9.5 cm.)
15 oz. (472 gm.)
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT SPICE BOX AND COVER
MAKER'S MARK ONLY STRUCK TWICE, A MONOGRAM HK CONJOINED WITH ARROW BETWEEN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
The unmarked cover chased with masks, fruit and foliate scrollwork, the raised fluted centre with detachable nude male figure finial supporting a shield engraved with a demi-lion rampant over a fleur-de-lys on linear ground, the circular body with cagework decoration incorporating shells, scrolls, flowers and lion masks in profile, raised on three sea-horse feet, interior with four detachable triangular compartments, each engraved to sides with birds amidst foliage and flowers
3¾ in. diameter (9.5 cm.)
15 oz. (472 gm.)
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