![[0.800 SILVER] Germany, Cake Server with Openwork Rose Design - Tableware, Everyday Life, Cakes and Sweets](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/85/0800-SILVER-Germany-Cake-Server-with-Openwork-Rose-Design-Tableware-Everyday-Life-Cakes-and-Sweets_6abb90a7b09e4-full-54273400_1790677160-6abb90a88481e.jpg "[0.800 SILVER] Germany, Cake Server with Openwork Rose Design - Tableware, Everyday Life, Cakes and Sweets")
[0.800 SILVER] Germany, Cake Server with Openwork Rose Design - Tableware, Everyday Life, Cakes and Sweets
Germany, most likely around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, circa 1890–1915. 800/1000 silver. The silver is embossed, cut, openwork, repoussé, chiseled, and engraved.
Dimensions:
Weight: 57.6 g.
A decorative cake server with an elongated, lancet-shaped scooping part. Its lower section remains smooth and slightly recessed, while the middle section and the base are almost entirely broken up by an openwork floral ornament. The composition consists of three fully bloomed roses, smaller flowers, leaves, and winding stems arranged within a geometric frame. The ornamentation is three-dimensional, in places almost fully relief-like, with clearly defined leaf veins and petal contours. The stem tapers toward the handle and transitions into a large, oval ring, also designed as a stylized branch with floral motifs.
The form combines elements of late historicism and early Art Nouveau. The naturalistic treatment of the roses, the asymmetrical arrangement of the stems, and the seamless transition of the decoration into the handle’s structure suggest a date around 1900, or possibly the first decade of the 20th century. This piece is similar to the “Hildesheimer Rose” design by Christoph Widmann.
The reverse of the blade is stamped with “800” and the German state silver mark—a crescent moon and crown (Halbmond und Krone). This mark was introduced as part of the standardization of the German hallmarking system in the late 19th century and was used alongside the fineness mark; this standard has been in effect since 1888.
Condition: as shown in the photos.
Germany, most likely around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, circa 1890–1915. 800/1000 silver. The silver is embossed, cut, openwork, repoussé, chiseled, and engraved.
Dimensions:
Weight: 57.6 g.
A decorative cake server with an elongated, lancet-shaped scooping part. Its lower section remains smooth and slightly recessed, while the middle section and the base are almost entirely broken up by an openwork floral ornament. The composition consists of three fully bloomed roses, smaller flowers, leaves, and winding stems arranged within a geometric frame. The ornamentation is three-dimensional, in places almost fully relief-like, with clearly defined leaf veins and petal contours. The stem tapers toward the handle and transitions into a large, oval ring, also designed as a stylized branch with floral motifs.
The form combines elements of late historicism and early Art Nouveau. The naturalistic treatment of the roses, the asymmetrical arrangement of the stems, and the seamless transition of the decoration into the handle’s structure suggest a date around 1900, or possibly the first decade of the 20th century. This piece is similar to the “Hildesheimer Rose” design by Christoph Widmann.
The reverse of the blade is stamped with “800” and the German state silver mark—a crescent moon and crown (Halbmond und Krone). This mark was introduced as part of the standardization of the German hallmarking system in the late 19th century and was used alongside the fineness mark; this standard has been in effect since 1888.
Condition: as shown in the photos.
