Details
A FINE TWO-HANDLED SUGAR-POT WITH COVER
perhaps by Johann Georg Stüber (Helft,III,115), Strassbourg, perhaps 1757
On three foliate scroll feet, the mainly plain bombe body decorated with an engraved foliate band, the openworked handles decorated with foliate C-scrolls, the plain domed cover with moulded band and with foliate double bud finial - 15,5cm high 477gr
perhaps by Johann Georg Stüber (Helft,III,115), Strassbourg, perhaps 1757
On three foliate scroll feet, the mainly plain bombe body decorated with an engraved foliate band, the openworked handles decorated with foliate C-scrolls, the plain domed cover with moulded band and with foliate double bud finial - 15,5cm high 477gr
Further details
This sugar-pot has been marked on the cover and pot with a crowned 15, which is unknown for Strassbourg and may indicate a higher grade of silver.