Art Nouveau Silver Centerpiece with Blue Glass Inserts, France, 1905, Set of 3

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Two elegant, festive silver centerpieces on a round, stepped base, bordered by a garland of leaves with a cross band … Read more Two elegant, festive silver centerpieces on a round, stepped base, bordered by a garland of leaves with a cross band on the lower rim and an egg-bar frieze on the upper rim, on top a fluted column piece with a fancy capital, crowned by a projecting bowl with a lamellar opening which is continued in the upper area, rhythmised by a circulating festoon, a garland of leaves with a cross band as the upper finish. Matching flat jardinière over an oval ground plan on four pyramid-like stepped low feet, narrow surrounding panel over an egg-bar frieze, above a lamellar opening with a rhythmic festoon and a garland of leaves with a cross band as the upper finish, corresponding to the decoration of the two centerpiece bowls. All vessels with inserts of cobalt blue glass.

dimensions: bowles height: 20,0 cm / 7.87 in diameter: 20,0 cm / 7.87 in jardinière height: 8,6 cm / 2.67 in width: 36,2 cm / 14.25 in depth: 19,0 cm / 7.48 in silver weight: 1780 grams / 57.23 troy oz hallmarks: - mercury head, 'tête de mercure', french export hallmark for 950 silver from 1878 - master's sign c & a + 3 stars in diamond, master's sign caen & ach, france - austrian import hallmark for silver goods 1902-1922 made around 1905 condition: very well maintained - silver cleaned and polished, glass undamaged See less