A matched pair of large Viennese silver and enamelled vases and covers

BY KARL RÖSSLER, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A matched pair of large Viennese silver and enamelled vases and covers
By Karl Rössler, Last quarter 19th Century
Each with lobed cover, tapering body, baluster stem and circular foot, decorated with scrolling foliage against a pink ground, one surmounted by a dancing flute player and decorated with scenes of country life, the other surmounted by bearded figure with triton, decorated with reserves depicting mythological scenes, both variously stamped KR and with Austrian hallmarks
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

One of the leading exponents of objets de vertu in the Renaissance Revival taste of the late nineteenth century, Karl Rössler described his speciality as "Kunstgewerbliche Gegenstände in Gold und Silber - Email und Antique Imitation" in an 1898 directory (W. Neuwirth, Lexikon Wiener Gold- und Silberschmiede unde ihre punzen 1867-1922, 1977, p. 152).

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