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MARKED DÖRFFER AND 13 IN A SHIELD, CIRCA 1820
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A Austro-Hungarian sugar vase with cover
Marked Dörffer and 13 in a shield, circa 1820
On pierced square and high-domed stepped base with four claw supports, the urn-shaped body pierced with a band of stylised palms, a wide foliate band below and male busts above flanked by vines and grapes, the two handles swan-shaped, with plain high-domed cover and double-scroll finial, fitted with a glass liner
25.5 cm. (10 in.) high
on the rim of the base
(546 gr.)
Marked Dörffer and 13 in a shield, circa 1820
On pierced square and high-domed stepped base with four claw supports, the urn-shaped body pierced with a band of stylised palms, a wide foliate band below and male busts above flanked by vines and grapes, the two handles swan-shaped, with plain high-domed cover and double-scroll finial, fitted with a glass liner
25.5 cm. (10 in.) high
on the rim of the base
(546 gr.)