A GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED OSTRICH EGG AND COVER CIRCA 1880

In the Renaissance style, on spreading circular base cast with band of fantastic sea creatures and mermen and applied with dolphins, the baluster stem applied with seahorses and with knop cast with caryatids, the egg cup engraved with three panels depicting flowering urns, strapwork and monster heads and spaced by strapwork mounts headed by eagles, conforming detachable cover with baluster finial, underside of base engraved Everett Calvin Brownlee, marked on base rim SILBER
161⁄2 in. (42 cm.) high

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1998, lot 241.