ANTIQUE 20thC GERMAN SOLID SILVER PAIR KNIGHT HORSEMAN FIGURES c.1900
20th Century pair of German silver figures, modelled as a jousting knights on horseback, both holding a spear and with a sword on the side, impressively large and very naturalistically well-refined, horse and rider clad in armour with movable helmet visor.
Hallmarked with German silver pseudo-marks (900+), importers mark B.H.M for Berthold Hermann Muller, Makers mark (n) Neresheimer & Sohne.
Reference Number: A6432
DESCRIPTION
Antique early-20th Century pair of German solid silver figures, modelled as a jousting knights on horseback, both holding a spear and with a sword on the side, impressively large and very naturalistically well-refined, horse and rider clad in armor with movable helmet visor. Both statues stand on a rectangular plinth applied with foliage, cast animals. Each piece is hallmarked with German silver pseudo-marks (900+ standard), importers mark B.H.M for Berthold Hermann Muller, Makers mark (n) Neresheimer & Sohne is undoubtedly the most famous of the Hanau silversmiths working at the end of the 19th century.
At the end of the 19th century in fact, the city of Hanau, not far from Frankfurt in Germany, became famous for its silver industry tradition: Hanau manufacturers specialised in fine copies from the antique, in the most popular historical styles, generally marked with pseudo-hallmarks in the manner they were trying to imitate. Unlike the traditional hallmarks, pseudo hallmarks are not officially registered and the only way to identify Hanau artworks is by comparison with marked pieces.
The company was founded in 1890 by August and Ludwig Neresheimer. Thanks to the incredible quality of its objects, of the precision and care used to make extraordinary copies from the antique the brand rose to a quick popularity and became soon direct competitor of Schleissner, considered the forefather of the Hanau silver.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 32cm
Width: 40 x 11cm
Combined Weight: 2890g
