A CONTINENTAL LARGE SILVER MODEL OF KING ARTHUR

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A CONTINENTAL LARGE SILVER MODEL OF KING ARTHUR
MAKER'S MARK OF BERTHOLD MüLLER & SON, IMPORT MARKS LONDON, 1903
ON SPREADING SQUARE BASE, THE STANDING FIGURE FULLY ARMOURED AND WITH SHIELD AND SWORD, WITH IVORY FACE AND HINGED PIERCED VISOR, THE BODY CAST AND CHASED WITH WINGED DRAGONS AND WITH PENDANT CHAIN AROUND THE NECK, MARKED ON BASE AND VISOR - 27½IN. (70CM.) HIGH
171OZS. (5,325GRS.)

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THIS STATUE IS MODELLED AFTER THE FIGURE OF KING ARTHUR, CAST BY PETER FISHER IN NüRNBERG IN 1513 TO A DESIGN BY ALBRECHT DüRER. THE ORIGINAL STATUE WAS ONE OF THE SERIES OF 28 LARGER THAN LIFE SIZE STAUES WHICH DECORATE THE MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS OF THE TOMB OF EMOEROR MAXIMILIAN I IN THE COURT CHURCH, INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA

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