Large oval box (one of a pair)
The boxes and accoutrements of a toilet service were often made for stock; so, rather than being specially commissioned, a service might be assembled from pieces that were already on the shelf. The whole was usually supplied in a fitted leather case; as a household moved from country to city for the annual season, they transported their silver as well. Gottlieb Satzger was a younger brother of Johann Martin Satzger I, who marked the smaller boxes of the same model.
Artwork Details
- Title: Large oval box (one of a pair)
- Maker: Gottlieb Satzger (ca. 1709–1783, master 1746)
- Date: 1775–77
- Culture: German, Augsburg
- Medium: Silver gilt
- Dimensions: L. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
- Object Number: 1974.356.706a, b
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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