Andrew Fogelberg, also identified as Anders Fogelberg, was born is Sweden in 1732 and apprenticed to a goldsmith in Halmsted in 1746. He is thought to have come to England in around 1770 and later took on the renowned silversmith Paul Storr as his apprentice in his joint company Fogleberg and Gilbert.
Circular caddies became popular from 1750 and remained so for rest of century, as the Neo-classical style overtook the Rococo with a return to plainer geometric forms. Recueil d’antiquities by Comte de Caylus, published in 1752-67 contained many drawings of classical antiquities and were often used as inspiration.
