Late Biedermeier silver sugar box. Body with a bulbous, domed center over four ball feet, hinged lid and smooth walls. The handle on the front in the form of acanthus leaves in relief. An engraved alliance coat of arms under a baronial crown on the lid. Gilt interior. Lock missing. Marked 12 lot, tremolier stroke, master Johann George Wilhelm Peters (becomes master 1829), year letter "D". Weight approx. 255 g. H. 8 cm.14 cm x 10 cm. Cf. Scheffler, Berlin, BZ 15, 21, no. 344. A German late Biedermeier silver sugar box by Johann George Wilhelm Peters (master since 1829) with engraved coat of arms. Gilt inside. Lock missing. Standard mark 12 lot, test mark, assay and master's mark. Date letter "D". German. Berlin. 1854/1860.

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