ANTIQUE 19thC GERMAN SOLID SILVER MERCURY CENTREPIECE, WILKENS & SOHNE c.1890
Antique 19th Century German large solid silver centrepiece, depicting the boat-form bowl raised on a scrolled base chased with waves, with a fully modelled figure of the god Mercury seated at the stern, the bow with the upper torso of a maiden bearing a garland of seaweed emerging from lapping waves, with removable silver-plated liner, on an oval mirror plateau with gadrooned rim. Hallmarked German silver (800+ silver standard), numbered 168387, Maker Wilkens (Wilkens & Sohne, Hemelingen).
Reference Number: E10093
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century German large solid silver centrepiece, depicting the boat-form bowl raised on a scrolled base chased with waves, with a fully modelled figure of the god Mercury seated at the stern, the bow with the upper torso of a maiden bearing a garland of seaweed emerging from lapping waves, with removable silver-plated liner, on an oval mirror plateau with gadrooned rim. Hallmarked German silver (800+ silver standard), numbered 168387, Maker Wilkens (Wilkens & Sohne, Hemelingen). The silver plated liner marked EINSATZ UNECHT on underside, the plateau apparently unmarked.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - Wear expected with age. Please refer to photographs.
SIZE
Width: 52 cm // 20.47 in
Depth: 22 cm // 8.66 in
Weight: 4.32 kg // 139.029 troy oz