Covered Box

Malene Müllertz

2003

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Vase, or urn-shaped, small silver sugar resting on a square plinth, the round foot beaded around the edge, with two elongated, ear-shaped handles with stylized leafy terminals, the upper edge of the main body likewise beaded, the cover – with a notch to accommodate a small spoon or ladle – extends up with a long neck and flared, beaded, central edge with a domed top and ball finial, the main body engraved on one side with a coat of arms comprised of a semi eagle in profile left above a draped shield (the interior rubbed and not easily legible), the cover engraved on one side with the same eagle.
Radiant bust almost front, slightly left, the head in profile left.
Vase with a cylindrical form that flares out to a flat ridge, then tapers in and has a flared lip. The vase's exterior is decorated with alternating areas of brown and beige, with the bottom brown area decorated with dark brown spots. The middle of the vase's exterior is decorated with horizontal thin, impressed lines that appear almost scratched into the form. There are similar impressed lines around the lip of the vase, under the ridge, and along the base. The vase's interior is glazed dark green but the glaze does not continue to the bottom of the vase.
Silhouetted figural plaque.