A German silver-gilt toilet box, Gottlieb Menzel, Augsburg, circa 1729-1733

oval, applied with profile medallions (male on the cover) enclosed by engraved Régence ornament, hinged cover, stamped inventory No. VIII, lock, key

Sotheby's Geneva, 13 May 1996, lot 167

Ermitage Ltd, London, 23 October - 11 November, 1985

German Domestic Silver of the 18th Century, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1965, Illus. No. 15
Weltkunst, Deutsches Silber in einer Londoner Privatsammlung, 15 December 1985, p.3843

Associated Literature:
Helmut Seling, Augsburger Goldschmiede, Munich, 1980, No. 2022 (0), Illus. 919

Some light bruising where lock and body meet, a few little pinhole dents and scratches commensurate with age, light overall wear to the highlights but generally very good condition and colour, medallions pretty crisp and very well cast.
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The pair to this toilet box with facing female medallion on the cover and the same inventory stamp VIII, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, purchased in 1913 under the bequest of Captain H.B. Murray from J.H. Henry Esq.