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This example has a screw cover to keep its contents airtight. The style and subject matter of this piece is typical of the German Augsburg silversmiths. Famous Roman figures and politicians which decorate the canister are frequently found on embossed plate of the period.\r\n\r\nOutside the wealthiest court circles, 17th-century silver was used primarily for eating and drinking. The dining table was the heart of social activity, and novelty items were made for fashionable new drinks flavoured with spices and drinking games.  The range of British silver for the home from this period (the first for which a representative quantity survives) demonstrates increasing foreign influences from France, the Netherlands and Portugal. The rising demand for fashionably decorated European silver from the 1660s onwards reflects Britain’s new wealth and political stability. \r\n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world’s great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes.  Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"Hexagonal canister, with straight sides with large rectangular niello panels reserved within gilded borders and engraved with ovals containing portrait medallions of Roman Republicans surrounded by scrolling foliage and birds. 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