A little help please - Vienna Austrian Sugar Box

[yury455]

Hi All,

Just wondering why would this silver sugar box? be stamped twice with the Vienna "A" import mark?
From my searches on the forum I was able to identify that this piece is by Josef Zauza, Austrian/Vienna origin.

Thank you for your help in advance!

Front of the Sugar Box?


Back:


Back Hallmarks:
JZ:

Austrian Dianna Mark:

Lock hallmark:


Inside hallmarks:





Foot hallmark:


Top Aerator? Hallmark:

[yury455]

*Correction this might be a jewelry box... hence the lock.

But why would it have airflow at the top?


Thank you,
-Yury

[Hose_dk]

a Lock was normal for a sugar box. Sugar was expensive.

[yury455]

a Lock was normal for a sugar box. Sugar was expensive.

Thanks Hose!
I didn't know that.

-Yury

[dognose]

Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

I'm reliably informed that is the mark of Josef Zischeck of Vienna.

Trev.