Viennese Art Nouveau Silver Caviar Stand from Würbel & Czokally, 1900s

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Excellent original viennese art nouveau centerpiece around 1900: a wide, round, trumpet-shaped silver pedestal, curved at the bottom, tapering upwards, … Read more Excellent original viennese art nouveau centerpiece around 1900: a wide, round, trumpet-shaped silver pedestal, curved at the bottom, tapering upwards, on four lion's paw feet with feather leaf connections and animal heads, lavish rocaille relief decoration, two large rocaille panels on the front and back, the front panel decorated with the attributes of a fencer: crossed sabre and rapier, glove and fencing mask, as well as the laurel branches adorning the victor, two lateral scallop halves resting on delicate, console-like, towering volutes, on the central round plateau the baluster-shaped container rises on four volutes of a rocaille foot, adorned with lavishly engraved and relief-worked rocaille and laurel decoration, embedded between the towering sculpted rocailles, the domed lid with a fully sculpted figurine, an amazon wrapped in a loose cloth, with a feather-adorned hat and a fencing glove over her right, raised hand. When the lid is removed, a cylindrical silver vessel can be taken out, the existing bulges on the side of the main container to be filled with crushed ice.

hallmarks: diana head - viennese official hallmark 1872-1922 for 800 silver 'w&c' in rectangle - master's sign of würbel & czokally - silver goods factory 1860/62-1922, participation in exhibitions in the arts and crafts, collaboration with well-known austrian artists. Bibliography: waltraud neuwirth, viennese gold and silversmiths and their hallmarks 1867-1922, lexicon l-z, vienna 1976, page 288f. Made circa 1900 dimensions: height: 43,0 cm / 16.92 in width: 34,0 cm / 13.38 in depth: 27,0 cm / 10.62 in total weight: 2625 grams / 92.4 oz / 84.4 troy oz very well-maintained condition, silver cleaned and polished. 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



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