Swedish silver box from 1833 ??

[Johannes]

Hello,
i have a Swedish silver box, i think the data letter " C4 " is for 1833. can somebody help to identify the maker mark " GFR " and the city mark.
best regards
Johannes

[Qrt.S]

It is a snuff box and GFR is Gustaf Fredrik Richter 1818-1827 in Stockholm Sweden. The town mark shows Saint Erik, the symbol/crest for Stockholm. The box's year mark seems to be C4 for 1833 as you have noticed. The time gap is explained with his widow Hedvig Margareta Wahlborg who continued the business and marked "GFR" until 1863 when she died. A common and fully legal procedure at that time.

[Johannes]

Hallo,
many thanks
johannes