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BY HERMAN BOEHM, CIRCA 1880
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A pair of Viennese silver-gilt, enamel and lapis hexagonal towers
By Herman Boehm, Circa 1880
Each surmounted by an urn, flanked to each side by a caryatid and Pegassus handle, above six niches, each centred by a warrior, the next tier centred to each side by a pierced medallion of Saint George slaying the dragon, the following tier centred to each side by a glazed pierced medallion depicting a religious scene such as Eve offering the apple to Adam or the Flight to Egypt, each above a mythological medallion, on a stepped spreading base, on six paw feet, each headed by a grotesque mask
22½ in. (57 cm.) high (2)
By Herman Boehm, Circa 1880
Each surmounted by an urn, flanked to each side by a caryatid and Pegassus handle, above six niches, each centred by a warrior, the next tier centred to each side by a pierced medallion of Saint George slaying the dragon, the following tier centred to each side by a glazed pierced medallion depicting a religious scene such as Eve offering the apple to Adam or the Flight to Egypt, each above a mythological medallion, on a stepped spreading base, on six paw feet, each headed by a grotesque mask
22½ in. (57 cm.) high (2)
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