Large Silver Planter with 3 Glass Inserts from Wilkens & Sons, Germany, 1906

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Elegant, festive silver vessel with a three-part architectural design: elongated boat-shaped base with low, flared sides, cut out at the … Read more Elegant, festive silver vessel with a three-part architectural design: elongated boat-shaped base with low, flared sides, cut out at the bottom and resting on eight points on the floor, giving the body a floating lightness. A raised central body set back in the middle in the form of a rectangular jardinière with slatted walls and a slightly curved upper edge decorated with small balls, flanked at the front and back by two pillars decorated with large balls and featuring false portals with triangular pediments above oval panels. On the outside, at the four corner pillars of the garden, are four fully sculpted art nouveau beauties with long hair in floor-length, elegantly pleated dresses, standing with their hands holding the ends of the leaf festoons surrounding the enclosure. On both sides of the fenced-in centerpiece, three-sided hollows are sunk into the base, bordered by small pillars bearing small balls, connected by fully sculpted leaf festoons. Three matching glass inserts with upper edges adapted to the contours of the vessels and carved steinel and fan decorations on the edges protruding from the silver vessels, as well as carved base decorations. Hallmarks: - crescent + crown - german official hallmark from 1888 - 800 - fineness - screw press - manufacture brand for m. H. Wilkens & sons, bremen-hemelingen, germany founded in bremen in 1810 by goldsmith martin heinrich wilkens, handicraft production and repairs, after the eldest sons diedrich and carl joined the company from about 1830 mint company, sales of semi-finished goods and silverware beyond bremen, production of medals and coins on behalf of the bremen state, from 1851, supply to world exhibitions, from 1857, steam engine to drive the presses and spinning benches, from 1859, enlargement and expansion of the company to become one of the three most important german silverware manufacturers, still a well-known supplier of high-quality silver and stainless steel tableware today - 169788 - order number, year 1906 (order numbers 163905-170297) manufactured 1906 dimensions: height: 20,0 cm / 7.87 in width: 87,0 cm / 34.25 in depth: 28,0 cm / 11.02 in silver weight: 4.865 grams / 171.24 oz / 156.43 troy ounces total weight: 10.785 grams / 379.63 oz condition: very well-maintained condition, cleaned and polished, glass fully intact. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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