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MAKER'S MARK OF J.D. SCHLEISSNER SÖHNE, HANAU, CIRCA 1880
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A GERMAN SILVER CUP AND COVER
Maker's mark of J.D. Schleissner Söhne, Hanau, circa 1880
In Gothic style, tapering cylindrical on three feet formed as saints slaying dragons, the body overall repoussé with roundels against a matted ground, with applied foliate scroll mid-band, the cover with gallery of scrolling foliage and similar roundels, surmounted by a finial formed as archangel Michael slaying the devil, marked under base, also stamped on cover with Austro-Hungarian control mark
28¼in. (71.7cm.) high; 137oz. 10dwt. (4287gr.)
Maker's mark of J.D. Schleissner Söhne, Hanau, circa 1880
In Gothic style, tapering cylindrical on three feet formed as saints slaying dragons, the body overall repoussé with roundels against a matted ground, with applied foliate scroll mid-band, the cover with gallery of scrolling foliage and similar roundels, surmounted by a finial formed as archangel Michael slaying the devil, marked under base, also stamped on cover with Austro-Hungarian control mark
28¼in. (71.7cm.) high; 137oz. 10dwt. (4287gr.)