AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER, ENAMEL AND ROCK CRYSTAL ORNAMENTAL CHARGER, in the manner of Hermann Böhm, Vienna, repousee decorated in high relief with lion masks and foliate scroll panels, the nineteen rock crystal panels engraved with scrolls, the central circular panel also decorated with sea-horses, divided by panels with grotesque masks and polychrome enamel caryatid busts with drapery swags, on stepped foot, the rim and foot with Viennese hallmarks, late 19th Century | Christie's

Lot 181

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AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER, ENAMEL AND ROCK CRYSTAL ORNAMENTAL CHARGER, in the manner of Hermann Böhm, Vienna, repousee decorated in high relief with lion masks and foliate scroll panels, the nineteen rock crystal panels engraved with scrolls, the central circular panel also decorated with sea-horses, divided by panels with grotesque masks and polychrome enamel caryatid busts with drapery swags, on stepped foot, the rim and foot with Viennese hallmarks, late 19th Century

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AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER, ENAMEL AND ROCK CRYSTAL ORNAMENTAL CHARGER, in the manner of Hermann Böhm, Vienna, repousee decorated in high relief with lion masks and foliate scroll panels, the nineteen rock crystal panels engraved with scrolls, the central circular panel also decorated with sea-horses, divided by panels with grotesque masks and polychrome enamel caryatid busts with drapery swags, on stepped foot, the rim and foot with Viennese hallmarks, late 19th Century

19¾in. (50cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

Another charger, decorated with Lapis Lazuli, by Hermann Böhm, was sold in these rooms, 15 July, 1993, lot 191.

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