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LATE 19TH CENTURY, BEARING NUREMBERG MARKS
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A GERMAN CUP FORMED AS A MODEL OF A PARROT ON A BRANCH
Late 19th Century, bearing Nuremberg marks
On domed circular foot, repoussé, chased and applied with lizards, frogs, tortoise and shells, the stem formed as the trunk of a tree with branch surmounted by a figure of a parrot with detachable head and realistically chased plumage, with a small figure of an owl perched alongside, marked on bezel
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Weight 26 oz. (833 gr.)
Late 19th Century, bearing Nuremberg marks
On domed circular foot, repoussé, chased and applied with lizards, frogs, tortoise and shells, the stem formed as the trunk of a tree with branch surmounted by a figure of a parrot with detachable head and realistically chased plumage, with a small figure of an owl perched alongside, marked on bezel
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Weight 26 oz. (833 gr.)
Provenance
Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Bt. (1850-1912), Bath House, London, no. 663, but not mentioned in the 1913 Bath House inventory, which skips from no. 662-665, by whom bequeathed, with a life interest to his widow, Alice, Lady Wernher, subsequently Lady Ludlow (1862-1945), to their son
Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt., G.C.V.O. (1893-1973), Bath House, London, and from 1948, Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, and by descent.
Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt., G.C.V.O. (1893-1973), Bath House, London, and from 1948, Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, and by descent.
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