A MONUMENTAL GERMAN SILVER FLAGON MARK OF B. NERESHEIMER & SÖHNE, HANAU, CIRCA 1890
On a shaped circular foot chased with swirling lobes, the baluster form body further chased with swirling lobes centering a band of musicians flanked by foliage, the loop handle as a scaly fire breathing dragon, the hinged cover with an openwork Gothic canopy enclosing a pelican in its piety and surmounted by a finial in the form of St. Christopher standing on an orb, marked on base rim and with import marks for Chester, 1899
331⁄4 in. (84.4 cm.) high
180 oz. 16 dwt. (5,623 gr.)
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Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 April 2011, lot 119.
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On a shaped circular foot chased with swirling lobes, the baluster form body further chased with swirling lobes centering a band of musicians flanked by foliage, the loop handle as a scaly fire breathing dragon, the hinged cover with an openwork Gothic canopy enclosing a pelican in its piety and surmounted by a finial in the form of St. Christopher standing on an orb, marked on base rim and with import marks for Chester, 1899
331⁄4 in. (84.4 cm.) high
180 oz. 16 dwt. (5,623 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 April 2011, lot 119.
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