Box
Johann Christian Sick German (Stuttgart)
Not on view
These silver boxes are part of larger silver service. The set was presumably used to keep sweets and other delicacies as the handy form and tightly closing lids suggest. The ciphers below closed crowns belong to Charlotte Augusta Mathilde, Queen of Wurttemberg (1766-1828). The form mirrors the neoclassical principles of German silver design towards a formal reduction of the shape and geometry as a refection of the language of the Enlightenment. The daring juxtaposition of plain polished areas with matted ornamental applications has an astonishingly modern aesthetic.
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