Exceptional silver and wood Empire bonbonnière. Oval body mounted on an oval wooden base with straight, smooth walls. The heavily cambered plug-in lid in the centre ending in a small lidded tureen as a pommel above a lancet leaf wreath in relief. The rim surrounded by a sculpted pearl band. Marked, hallmark, guarantee mark for 833 silver, year letter "a", master Willem Roosen (active from ca. 1795). Weight without wooden base approx. 525 g. Total h. 19 cm. Wooden base 19 cm x 15 cm. An exceptional Dutch Empire silver bonbonniere with wooden base by Willem Roosen (active since approx. 1795). Assay and master's mark, fineness mark and date letter "a". Netherlands. Groningen. 1807.