Small baroque silver tea caddy. Rectangular body with indented corners. Central domed sliding lid with small baluster knob and decorated with acanthus leaves. The smooth wall with oval medallions in relief on the front and back with portraits of ladies and gentlemen, framed by a stylized cord band and flowers. Marked by the mark of the master Samuel I. Hoff (became master around 1731). Weight approx. 115 g. H. 9.5 cm. 6.5 cm x 3.3 cm. Cf. Warncke, p. 279, no. 503. A small German Baroque silver tea caddy by Samuel I. Hoff (master since 1731). Assay and master's mark. German. Lübeck. Circa 1740-1745.

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