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A SET OF SIX GERMAN FRUIT-STANDS
by E. Schürmann, modelled by Wilhelm Quehl, Berlin, 1881-1883
Each on shaped base supported by four openworked foliate and shell-shaped feet, the bases engraved with conforming decoration with similar knop, the inverted pear-shaped centres with flowers and foliage and cast in high relief with rams heads, and with shaped openworked foliate baskets, one damaged - 16 cm high
(6,600 gr) (6)
by E. Schürmann, modelled by Wilhelm Quehl, Berlin, 1881-1883
Each on shaped base supported by four openworked foliate and shell-shaped feet, the bases engraved with conforming decoration with similar knop, the inverted pear-shaped centres with flowers and foliage and cast in high relief with rams heads, and with shaped openworked foliate baskets, one damaged - 16 cm high
(6,600 gr) (6)
Provenance
This set of six is part of the wedding-silver of Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany.
Another ten are in the collection of Schloss Doorn (cf Kaiserlicher Kunstbesitz, Berlin, 1991, nr 294).
Another ten are in the collection of Schloss Doorn (cf Kaiserlicher Kunstbesitz, Berlin, 1991, nr 294).