A CONTINENTAL SILVER CORNUCOPIA CUP AND COVER PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1900

The circular base chased and engraved with waves, dolphins, and foliage, with two fully modeled putti and two fishing maidens emerging from cattails, the stem fully modeled as Poseidon with a trident supporting the horn-form body, chased with various classical scenes and merpeople, the domed cover chased with fruit and flowers and with winged putto finial, marked on base rim and rim of cover with 1891-1901 Austrian import mark and French import mark
281⁄2 in. (72.4 cm.) high
73 oz. 10 dwt. (2,286 gr.)