A GROUP OF THREE GERMAN SILVER CUPS AND COVERS PROBABLY HANAU, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The first on a circular base chased with bosses, one engraved with a double headed eagle in a shield, another with a crest, the stem applied with scrolling term figures and acanthus, the body further chased with bosses and acanthus, the conforming cover with leafy flowering finial, marked near upper rim, the foot rim and cover also with import marks for David Bridge, London, 1895; The second on a stepped domed hexafoil base chased with lozenges, the stem applied with scrolls, the body further chased with lozenges and applied with flowerheads, the conforming domed cover with openwork border of scrolling foliage and flowerheads, with flowering branch finial above applied scrolls, marked on foot rim, the upper rim and foot rim with early 20th century Austrian import marks; The third on a hexafoil base, the base and body chased with lobes and applied with leaves, the conforming domed cover with border of scrolling leaves and with spire-form finial, marked on base rim, upper rim, and flange of cover
191⁄2 in. (49.5 cm.) high, the example with leafy flowering finial
121 oz. 10 dwt. (3,779 gr.)

Provenance
The example with flowering branch finial, acquired Ragazzi Gallery, Flushing, New York, 3 January 2006.