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BY HERMANN BÖHM, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A fine Viennese Renaissance revival silver-gilt, enamel and semi-precious stone-mounted rock crystal cornucopia
By Hermann Böhm, Last quarter 19th Century
The rock-crystal deeply carved throughout with running stag, hunting hounds, mythical birds and scrolling foliage, the domed cover surmounted by a hunter and three hounds and with rim applied with masks and scrolling foliage, the horn-shaped vessel mounted with four similarly applied jewel-studded collars, the upper three each with a hunting scene to front and back, the fourth with a stag and fox, terminating in a bear's head and forequarters, supported on the back and antlers of a running stag, above an oval spreading foot, the rim applied with further hunting vignettes, variously stamped HB and with Austrian hallmarks
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high; 19 in. (48.2 cm.) wide
By Hermann Böhm, Last quarter 19th Century
The rock-crystal deeply carved throughout with running stag, hunting hounds, mythical birds and scrolling foliage, the domed cover surmounted by a hunter and three hounds and with rim applied with masks and scrolling foliage, the horn-shaped vessel mounted with four similarly applied jewel-studded collars, the upper three each with a hunting scene to front and back, the fourth with a stag and fox, terminating in a bear's head and forequarters, supported on the back and antlers of a running stag, above an oval spreading foot, the rim applied with further hunting vignettes, variously stamped HB and with Austrian hallmarks
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high; 19 in. (48.2 cm.) wide
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