Wien, AT
Details
- Dimensions
- 18.11ʺW × 9.45ʺD × 9.45ʺH
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Glass
- Silver
- Condition
- Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gold
- Condition Notes
- Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use\. Silver cleaned, Polished Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use\. Silver cleaned, Polished less
- Description
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Representative elegant silver jardinière on oval, fluted stepped base, bordered by palmette bands, on top arranged in a lozenge four …
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Representative elegant silver jardinière on oval, fluted stepped base, bordered by palmette bands, on top arranged in a lozenge four slender, fluted columns with corinthian-like fancy capitals, crowned by a projecting oval bowl, the lower part is open-worked like lamellae, the upper part is decorated with open-worked vine tendrils and framed by relief bands, the narrow sides are decorated with two raised, delicate volute handles with feather leaf overlays and leaf decoration. Matching solid glass insert with bevelled edges. Dimensions: height: 24.0 cm / 9.44 in width: 46.0 cm / 18.11 in depth: 24.0 cm / 9.44 in silver weight: 2.060 grams / 66.23 troy oz hallmarks: - crescent + crown - german official hallmark from 1888 - 800 - fineness - eagle mark - master's sign bruckmann & sons - silver goods factory, heilbronn established 1805, peter bruckmann (1865-1937) was the first chairman of the 'deutscher werkbund', founded in 1907. The bruckmann company produced numerous precious silver objects designed by well-known designers. The company existed until 1973. - v. Meyer's soehne - distribution, sales: founded in 1810, was a jewelery company in vienna, a former k.u.k. Purveyor to the court and chamber jeweler of the emperor and empress, one of the most important order jewelers in vienna in the 19th and 20th centuries. The company also supplied among others the courts of serbia, montenegro, bulgaria, greece, the vatican, persia, the ottoman empire, and much more. In 1922 the company had to close for economic reasons. Bibliography: waltraud neuwirth, wiener gold-und silberschmiede und ihre punzen (= viennese gold-and silversmiths and their signs), vol. I i, vienna 1976, pages 57-58 condition: very well maintained, silver cleaned and polished, glass completely intact this piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity
issues arising from misattribution less
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