ANTIQUE 19thC GERMAN SOLID SILVER-GILT CUP & COVER, NERESHEIMER & SOHNE c.1890
Antique 19th Century German solid silver-gilt cup and cover, made in the style of the early-17th Century examples originaly made in Augsburg and Nuremberg. The piece beautifully embossed with scrolling foliage and panels depicting mythological figures in landscape, the cast foot applied with protruding masks, rams heads and grotesque figures, the complimentary style lid is surmounted by a very large figural finial modelled as a cupid holding bow and arrow. The piece comes in its original leather bound and refurbished presentation case.
Reference Number: C8853
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century German solid silver-gilt cup and cover, made in the style of the early-17th Century examples originaly made in Augsburg and Nuremberg. The piece beautifully embossed with scrolling foliage and panels depicting mythological figures in landscape, the cast foot applied with protruding masks, rams heads and grotesque figures, the complimentary style lid is surmounted by a very large figural finial modelled as a cupid holding bow and arrow. The piece comes in its original leather bound and refurbished presentation case.
Hallmarked with German Hanau pseudo-marks used by B. Neresheimer & Sohne, Hanau. From the middle to the end of the nineteenth century copies of old silver and items designed in an amalgamation of historic styles, satisfied customer demand and preference. Many firms in Europe and in the United States produced this type of silver.
With the demand for antique style silver in the 19th century, Hanau silversmiths quickly found a market niche, which brought its silver manufacturers enormous prosperity and worldwide reputation. One of the founders of this industry was Neresheimer, founded in 1893 as a partnership of August and Ludwig Neresheimer with Jean Schlingloff. Right from the start Neresheimer offered a wide range of highly decorative objects like neffs, tankards, coconut and nautilus cups, and other sumptuous sideboard pieces.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 42cm
Width: 13cm
Weight: 860g