![[0.800 SILVER] - Germany, Cake Server with Floral Decoration, Neo-Rococo / Late Historicism, ca. 1890–1910, Tableware, Everyday Life, Cakes and Sweets](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/86/0800-SILVER-Germany-Cake-Server-with-Floral-Decoration-Neo-Rococo-Late-Historicism-ca-1890-1910-Tableware-Ever_6abb90a9a7fa5-full-52203500_1790677162-6abb90aa7f748.jpg "[0.800 SILVER] - Germany, Cake Server with Floral Decoration, Neo-Rococo / Late Historicism, ca. 1890–1910, Tableware, Everyday Life, Cakes and Sweets")
[0.800 SILVER] - Germany, Cake Server with Floral Decoration, Neo-Rococo / Late Historicism, ca. 1890–1910, Tableware, Everyday Life, Cakes and Sweets
Germany – cake server with elaborate openwork floral decoration, Neo-Rococo / Late Historicism, ca. 1890–1910, 800-fine silver, 50 g
Germany, most likely ca. 1890–1910. 800/1000 silver. Weight: 50 g. Embossed and molded silver, deeply repoussé and chiseled in places, openwork cut, with engraved and textured sections.
A richly decorated cake server with an elongated, wide scooping section that tapers toward a rounded tip. Only the very end of the working surface has been left smooth; the rest is filled with an exceptionally elaborate ornamental composition. The decoration consists of numerous roses and smaller flowers, leaves, volutes, S-curves, palmette and acanthus-like plant forms, as well as symmetrically arranged, partially openwork bands of ornamentation. In the center is an elaborate floral composition on a finely textured background, surrounded by several zones of winding plant motifs.
The handle is an integral part of the decoration. It is slender, openwork in places, and rhythmically divided by rosettes, volutes, and leaf motifs. The wide end of the handle is filled with an almost three-dimensional composition of blooming roses, leaves, and winding shoots. The piece as a whole gives the impression of highly decorative, ceremonial cutlery intended for a dessert service.
Stylistically, the piece belongs primarily to the German Neo-Rococo / late Historicism period. The abundance of roses, rocaille scrolls, symmetrical volutes, and delicate ornaments deliberately evokes 18th-century Rococo.
On the reverse side, a complete set of German hallmarks is visible: a crescent moon, a crown, and “800.” The crescent moon and crown (Halbmond und Krone) constitute the national hallmark of German silver, introduced following the standardization of the hallmarking system in the German Empire in 1888, while the number “800” indicates a purity of 800 parts of fine silver per 1,000. Tableware with similar hallmarks and decorative styles is typically dated to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Condition: as shown in the photos.
Germany – cake server with elaborate openwork floral decoration, Neo-Rococo / Late Historicism, ca. 1890–1910, 800-fine silver, 50 g
Germany, most likely ca. 1890–1910. 800/1000 silver. Weight: 50 g. Embossed and molded silver, deeply repoussé and chiseled in places, openwork cut, with engraved and textured sections.
A richly decorated cake server with an elongated, wide scooping section that tapers toward a rounded tip. Only the very end of the working surface has been left smooth; the rest is filled with an exceptionally elaborate ornamental composition. The decoration consists of numerous roses and smaller flowers, leaves, volutes, S-curves, palmette and acanthus-like plant forms, as well as symmetrically arranged, partially openwork bands of ornamentation. In the center is an elaborate floral composition on a finely textured background, surrounded by several zones of winding plant motifs.
The handle is an integral part of the decoration. It is slender, openwork in places, and rhythmically divided by rosettes, volutes, and leaf motifs. The wide end of the handle is filled with an almost three-dimensional composition of blooming roses, leaves, and winding shoots. The piece as a whole gives the impression of highly decorative, ceremonial cutlery intended for a dessert service.
Stylistically, the piece belongs primarily to the German Neo-Rococo / late Historicism period. The abundance of roses, rocaille scrolls, symmetrical volutes, and delicate ornaments deliberately evokes 18th-century Rococo.
On the reverse side, a complete set of German hallmarks is visible: a crescent moon, a crown, and “800.” The crescent moon and crown (Halbmond und Krone) constitute the national hallmark of German silver, introduced following the standardization of the hallmarking system in the German Empire in 1888, while the number “800” indicates a purity of 800 parts of fine silver per 1,000. Tableware with similar hallmarks and decorative styles is typically dated to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Condition: as shown in the photos.
