Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018

Lot 738

A 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel mounted rock crystal tazza

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400

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Description

A 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel mounted rock crystal tazza,

circa 1886,

the oval bowl with etched decoration and with an enamel border of men hunting birds in landscape settings with a crocodile, the stem modelled as a standing stork, with traces of gilding on a raised oval base with similar decoration, some damage, height 15.3cm.