Rectangular cast-iron casket known as the “Tobacco Box”, after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1820. The pyramidal lid is topped by a pinecone-shaped finial, and the box rests on finely modelled lion paw feet. Delicately decorated throughout with foliate scrolls, the long sides depict two opposing griffins flanking a central torch. Marked on the underside with the stamp of the Buderus Foundry.
Dimensions:
Height: 17.0 cm | 6.69 in.
Width: 18.0 cm | 7.09 in.
Depth: 11.0 cm | 4.33 in.
