Sugar box with cover

Tobias Remshardt

1730

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

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Title: Sugar box with cover
Maker: Tobias Remshardt (ca. 1691–1738, master 1721)
Date: 1730
Culture: German, Augsburg
Medium: Silver gilt
Dimensions: Width: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Object Number: 1974.356.708a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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