An English Queen Anne sugar caster in Britannia silver, pierced top with circular finial, baluster body engraved with a coat of arms and the monogram of the Danish painter Johannes Wilhjelm, pin-pricked in the exterior bottom "ES". Indistinct maker's mark, London 1712–1713. Weight 221 g. H. 18 cm. Provenance: Descendants of the painter Johannes Wilhjelm to the present day. Minor patina related to age and use, including occasional surface marks and scratches, and slight irregularities (particularly on the upper part of the body below the top); base tilts slightly.