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A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT ENAMEL AND STONE-SET WINE FOUNTAIN
POSSIBLY HUNGARIAN, CIRCA 1890
On rectangular base with four putti cup holders above the bracket feet, rising to a shaped rectangular base with four cisterns each also with cup holder placed below four dragon's mask spouts surmounted by a tapering plinth set with four niches each containing a figure, rising to a hinged cover supporting figures of Saint George killing the dragon, the entire surface elaborately applied with enamelled and stone-set ornament in the Renaissance taste, the dragon set with cabochon malachite and pearls, apparently unmarked
16½in. (41.9cm.) high
POSSIBLY HUNGARIAN, CIRCA 1890
On rectangular base with four putti cup holders above the bracket feet, rising to a shaped rectangular base with four cisterns each also with cup holder placed below four dragon's mask spouts surmounted by a tapering plinth set with four niches each containing a figure, rising to a hinged cover supporting figures of Saint George killing the dragon, the entire surface elaborately applied with enamelled and stone-set ornament in the Renaissance taste, the dragon set with cabochon malachite and pearls, apparently unmarked
16½in. (41.9cm.) high