A SUITE OF FOUR CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL NEFS PROBABLY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
All formed as fully rigged three-masted man o'war ships with enameled sails in various shades of blue, with silver-gilt bow and stern pierced and chased with scrolls, the sides enameled in green, the gun ports and sterns variously set with garnets, amethysts, turquoise and other hardstones, raised on pierced scrolled bases further set with stones, apparently unmarked
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high, the tallest
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 April 2011, lot 100 (The smaller with royal blue sails).
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All formed as fully rigged three-masted man o'war ships with enameled sails in various shades of blue, with silver-gilt bow and stern pierced and chased with scrolls, the sides enameled in green, the gun ports and sterns variously set with garnets, amethysts, turquoise and other hardstones, raised on pierced scrolled bases further set with stones, apparently unmarked
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high, the tallest
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 April 2011, lot 100 (The smaller with royal blue sails).
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