Silver, fully gilded. Oval, strongly compressed, bulging corpus on plastic worked paw feet. Wandung and deckel surface-covering adorned with extremely delicate flower calyx and leaf tendrils, as well as engraved ribbon work over punched ground. Signed, hallmarked, master Johann Helffich Tisson (became master in 1710). Weight approx. 175 g. Height 7.5 cm. 12.5 cm x 9.8 cm. Cf. Scheffler, Hessen, p. 54, BZ 128, p. 258, no. 366a. A German Baroque gilt silver sugar box by Johann Helffich Tisson (master since 1710). Standard mark, assay, and master's mark. German. Frankfurt am Main. Around 1725.
