Large oval box (one of a pair)

Gottlieb Satzger

1775–77 · Silver gilt · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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.

Artist

Gottlieb Satzger

Date

1775–77

Medium

Silver gilt

Culture

German, Augsburg

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973