CROSS INCENSE BOX - Großbetschkerek

[AG2012]

Cross incense box, two compartments, gilt interior, 2 inches across the lid.
Late 18th century.
Very rare assay office mark of Nagybecskerek, Austria — Hungrary. (German Großbetschkerek), ``13``loth.Silversmith ``MZ`` unknown.

[blakstone]

Very nice piece! I think it might actually be a pyx, for holding the Host, rather than an incense container. The maker is Martinius Zimmerer, about whom I know nothing, though I did find a man by that name who married an Elisabetha Frombach in 1832 in Nagybecskerek (now Zrenjanin, Serbia).

Thanks for sharing this!