Box

Johann Christian Sick German (Stuttgart)

ca. 1800

Not on view

These silver boxes, part of larger set, presumably were used to keep sweets and other delicacies, as the handy form and tightly closing lids suggest. The ciphers below closed crowns belong to Charlotte Augusta Mathilde, queen of Wurttemberg (1766-1828). The form mirrors the Neoclassical principles of German silver design towards a formal reduction of the shape and geometry. The daring juxtaposition of plain polished areas with matted ornamental applications has an astonishingly modern aesthetic.

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Title: Box
Maker: Johann Christian Sick (German (Stuttgart), 1766–1824)
Date: ca. 1800
Culture: German, Stuttgart
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (22.5 x 14 x 12 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family; Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts and The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc. Gifts; Rogers Fund; and Cynthia and Steven Brill, Werwaiss Family Charitable Trust, and Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Gifts, 2005
Object Number: 2005.259.1a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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