THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A pair of Viennese enamel and silver cornucopiae
BY HERMANN BOHM, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A pair of Viennese enamel and silver cornucopiae
By Hermann Bohm, Second half 19th Century
Each with a shaped body decorated with panels of classical, mythological and biblical scenes (such as The Finding of Moses, Venus and Cupid, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Leda and the Swan, The Judgement of Paris, The Abduction of Europe, The death of Cleopatra), on a turquoise ground, decorated with meandering spandrels and classical heads and mounted with paste-inlaid and arcaded bands, supported by a kneeling figure, the facetted semi-bulbous base decorated with further scenes, with a conforming enamelled hexagonal flared base, in the original red morocco tooled-leather cases
15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm.) high (2)
By Hermann Bohm, Second half 19th Century
Each with a shaped body decorated with panels of classical, mythological and biblical scenes (such as The Finding of Moses, Venus and Cupid, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Leda and the Swan, The Judgement of Paris, The Abduction of Europe, The death of Cleopatra), on a turquoise ground, decorated with meandering spandrels and classical heads and mounted with paste-inlaid and arcaded bands, supported by a kneeling figure, the facetted semi-bulbous base decorated with further scenes, with a conforming enamelled hexagonal flared base, in the original red morocco tooled-leather cases
15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm.) high (2)