Silver. Rectangular body carried by four feet. Hinged lid gently rising towards the center, adorned with a centrally applied relief sculpture of a woman in an antique-style garment, leaning on an anchor. Narrow, delicately curved handle. Visible keyhole with key. Gilded interior. Signed, tremolo stroke, inspection marks, by master Johann Carl Franz Sonnabendt (became a master in 1815), Prussian tax stamp. Weight approximately 520 g. Height 10 cm. 14.5 cm x 9.5 cm. See Scheffler, Berlin, BZ 12, 30a, No. 1614, MZ 298. A German Biedermeier silver sugar box by Johann Carl Franz Sonnabendt (master since 1815). Gilt inside. With key. Tested, assayed, and master's mark, Prussian tax mark. German. Berlin. Circa 1815.
