A FINE 19TH CENTURY VIENNESE ENAMEL, SILVER AND JEWELLED URN AND COVER OF ROYAL THEMEof baluster form, raised on a circular foot with gem set, filigree decoration, the shoulders mounted with busts of queens Cleopatra and Marie Antoinette, the collar...
A FINE 19TH CENTURY VIENNESE ENAMEL, SILVER AND JEWELLED URN AND COVER OF ROYAL THEMEof baluster form, raised on a circular foot with gem set, filigree decoration, the shoulders mounted with busts of queens Cleopatra and Marie Antoinette, the collar with a white enamelled Greek key border and set with cabochons, the cover formed as a crown set with pearls and decorated with gem set fleur de lys, centred by a finial modelled as a Sovereign Orb with enamelled cross above, mounted in a purpose made, shaped, leather display case, with old Sotheby's label to the inside,the urn 22cm highProvenance: The case has an old paper label for Sotheby's, 4/7/89, lot 383.
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A FINE 19TH CENTURY VIENNESE ENAMEL, SILVER AND JEWELLED URN AND COVER OF ROYAL THEMEof baluster form, raised on a circular foot with gem set, filigree decoration, the shoulders mounted with busts of queens Cleopatra and Marie Antoinette, the collar with a white enamelled Greek key border and set with cabochons, the cover formed as a crown set with pearls and decorated with gem set fleur de lys, centred by a finial modelled as a Sovereign Orb with enamelled cross above, mounted in a purpose made, shaped, leather display case, with old Sotheby's label to the inside,the urn 22cm highProvenance: The case has an old paper label for Sotheby's, 4/7/89, lot 383.