AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER, LAPIS-LAZULI, IVORY, ENAMEL AND PARCEL-GILT ORNAMENTAL CHARGER, by Hermann Böhm, Vienna, of circular form, the centre with an ivory roundel depicting the Toilette of Venus and framed by a band of lapis tiles, eight further ivory reliefs encircling the well depicting Bacchus; Venus and Cupid; Song; Music; Geometry and Architecture; Poetry; Sculpture; Painting, each separated by enamelled silver figurines of Diana and Venus within niches, the outer rim with recumbent enamelled silver figures of river gods and nymphs, birds, sirens and masks, framed lapis tiles and silver ram's heads above, the whole richly embellished with enamelled silver decoration on a silver-gilt ground and inset stones, with Viennese hallmarks and maker's marks, numbered in ink on the reverse 4494 (minor loss to lapis tiles),late 19th Century | Christie's

Lot 191

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AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER, LAPIS-LAZULI, IVORY, ENAMEL AND PARCEL-GILT ORNAMENTAL CHARGER, by Hermann Böhm, Vienna, of circular form, the centre with an ivory roundel depicting the Toilette of Venus and framed by a band of lapis tiles, eight further ivory reliefs encircling the well depicting Bacchus; Venus and Cupid; Song; Music; Geometry and Architecture; Poetry; Sculpture; Painting, each separated by enamelled silver figurines of Diana and Venus within niches, the outer rim with recumbent enamelled silver figures of river gods and nymphs, birds, sirens and masks, framed lapis tiles and silver ram's heads above, the whole richly embellished with enamelled silver decoration on a silver-gilt ground and inset stones, with Viennese hallmarks and maker's marks, numbered in ink on the reverse 4494 (minor loss to lapis tiles),late 19th Century

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AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER, LAPIS-LAZULI, IVORY, ENAMEL AND PARCEL-GILT ORNAMENTAL CHARGER, by Hermann Böhm, Vienna, of circular form, the centre with an ivory roundel depicting the Toilette of Venus and framed by a band of lapis tiles, eight further ivory reliefs encircling the well depicting Bacchus; Venus and Cupid; Song; Music; Geometry and Architecture; Poetry; Sculpture; Painting, each separated by enamelled silver figurines of Diana and Venus within niches, the outer rim with recumbent enamelled silver figures of river gods and nymphs, birds, sirens and masks, framed lapis tiles and silver ram's heads above, the whole richly embellished with enamelled silver decoration on a silver-gilt ground and inset stones, with Viennese hallmarks and maker's marks, numbered in ink on the reverse 4494 (minor loss to lapis tiles),late 19th Century
24in. (61cm.) diam.

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
W. Neuwirth, Lexicon Wiener Gold- und Silberschmiede und ihre Punzen 1867-1922, Vienna, 1976, p. 116

Lot Essay

The present charger is a sumptuous example of the work of the gold and silver makers Hermann Böhm. Formerly Politzer & Böhm, they were founded in 1866, and the owners were Hermann, Hugo and Max Böhm. They specialised in works of art in gold, silver, enamel, rock crystal and lapis-lazuli, their ornate works were widely admired, exported and included in the International Exhibition of 1873 in Vienna.

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