A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER NEF PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1900
The two-masted ship with crow's nests and full sails, the deck and aft deck mounted with numerous sailors, the hull chased with putti in a rowing a boat and riding a sea monster, all raised on a winged putto stem and monstrous sea turtle form base, marked on hull
201⁄2 in. (52.1 cm.) high
82 oz. (2,550 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 June 1998, lot 73.
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The two-masted ship with crow's nests and full sails, the deck and aft deck mounted with numerous sailors, the hull chased with putti in a rowing a boat and riding a sea monster, all raised on a winged putto stem and monstrous sea turtle form base, marked on hull
201⁄2 in. (52.1 cm.) high
82 oz. (2,550 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 June 1998, lot 73.