Art Nouveau Silver Centerpiece, 1890s

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Exceptional and elegant silver jardinière of elliptical basic form on high curved volute legs with attached fully plastic putti as … Read more Exceptional and elegant silver jardinière of elliptical basic form on high curved volute legs with attached fully plastic putti as torchbearers and feather leaf rests on the rolled feet, vessel with straight vertical wall and regular openings in the form of rhythmically staggered column+arch elements, framed by palmette-relief bands, on the front and back coat-of-arms-shaped panels bordered with bands, straight top edge, rosettes applied lengthwise opposite each other on the outside. Matching glass insert with straight upper edge and stone cut on the rim protruding from the silver vessel, as well as large cut bottom star. Total dimensions: height: 17,5 cm / 6.88 in width: 37,0 cm / 14.56 in depth: 27,0 cm / 10.62 in glass dimensions: height: 9,2 cm / 3.62 in width: 32,2 cm / 12.67 in depth: 19,5 cm / 7.67 in silver weight: 1040 grams / 33.44 troy oz hallmarks: - mercury head in oval, 'tête de mercure', french export hallmark for 800 silver from 1878 - master's sign g & b + 3-leaf clover in diamond, master's sign gabriel beunke, france made around 1910 condition: very well maintained - silver cleaned and polished, glass undamaged See less