A Viennese gilt-copper and enamel nef with three masts
A Viennese gilt-copper and enamel nef with three masts

IN THE RENAISSANCE STYLE, CIRCA 1880

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A Viennese gilt-copper and enamel nef with three masts
In the Renaissance Style, Circa 1880
Each mast with a small sail headed by a flag finial above a crow's nest, attached to the deck by rope ladders with sailors, each mast with a fully open sail decorated to both sides with mythological scenes, the deck with working and drinking sailors and with a compas, flanked by the pierced bridge and a barrel house, the bow and stern decorated with scrolling foliage and with an adjustable anchor to the side, the stern with an hexagonal tapering lantern with domed top and finials, on an ovoid body with mythological and Bacchic scenes, the stem as a mermaid with bifurcating tail, on a moulded domed base, with similar decoration, on a circular frieze base with foliage, on four fish and scroll feet, the nef opening from the main body to reveal scrolling foliage centred by a plaque of Poseidon in foliate frame
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 34 in. (87 cm.) wide; 13 in. (35 cm.) deep