A SILVER AND PARCEL GILT BOX FORMED AS A BEEHIVE, GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HANAUin the Renaissance Revival style, circa 1880, the cylindrical beehive surmounted by a floral and reed finial, the hive covered in bees, and raised on a stem...
A SILVER AND PARCEL GILT BOX FORMED AS A BEEHIVE, GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HANAUin the Renaissance Revival style, circa 1880, the cylindrical beehive surmounted by a floral and reed finial, the hive covered in bees, and raised on a stem modelled as a 16th century knight in armour, raised on a sphere over a domed foot, the interior of the box with silver gilt decoration, marks rubbed, approximately 490 grams in weight,35cm high
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A SILVER AND PARCEL GILT BOX FORMED AS A BEEHIVE, GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HANAUin the Renaissance Revival style, circa 1880, the cylindrical beehive surmounted by a floral and reed finial, the hive covered in bees, and raised on a stem modelled as a 16th century knight in armour, raised on a sphere over a domed foot, the interior of the box with silver gilt decoration, marks rubbed, approximately 490 grams in weight,35cm high