PEHR ABRAHAM TAXBERG SWEDISH ROYAL SILVER AND SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION BOX WITH THE CIPHER OF KING CHARLES XIV JOHN, SUNDSVALL, CIRCA 1818-1844

of elongated navette form with pointed ends, the exterior in silver, the interior entirely gilt, the hinged cover chased and engraved with scrolling foliage, garlands and stylised flowers, applied at the centre with the interlaced monogram ‘CJ’ above the Roman numeral ‘XIV’, the royal cipher of Charles XIV John (Karl XIV Johan, born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte), King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844 Hallmarks: maker’s mark ‘P.A. TAXBERG’ for Pehr Abraham Taxberg (active in Sundsvall 1816-1844), Sundsvall town mark ‘key’, Swedish national mark ‘three crowns’ An old handwritten Swedish label beneath the cover mentions the place of manufacture (‘Sandsvall’), the maker and the inscription ‘Göran från Carl Johan’ (‘Göran from Carl Johan’) L. 9 cm, H. 1.5 cm gross weight: 38 gr.