AN AUSTRIAN SILVER, ENAMEL, BAROQUE PEARL AND ROCK CRYSTAL COUPE MARK OF KARL BENDER, VIENNA, CIRCA 1880
On domed base bordered by silver bands, the lower base with enameled band painted with maidens with winged putti, reclining lovers and Bacchic putto, the upper portion of the base rock crystal and engraved with grotesque masks and scrolling foliage, the stem formed as a varicolor twin-tailed mermaid holding above her head the rock crystal boat-form boat engraved with fantastic beasts, the upper rim enameled on interior and exterior with scenes of allegorical figures, stern mounted with captain with telescope and Baroque pearl torso, marked on underside
103⁄4 in. (27.3 cm.) high
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Anonymous sale; Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, 8 November 2010, lot 68041.
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On domed base bordered by silver bands, the lower base with enameled band painted with maidens with winged putti, reclining lovers and Bacchic putto, the upper portion of the base rock crystal and engraved with grotesque masks and scrolling foliage, the stem formed as a varicolor twin-tailed mermaid holding above her head the rock crystal boat-form boat engraved with fantastic beasts, the upper rim enameled on interior and exterior with scenes of allegorical figures, stern mounted with captain with telescope and Baroque pearl torso, marked on underside
103⁄4 in. (27.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, 8 November 2010, lot 68041.
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