Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 11th August 2020
Lot 265
A PAIR OF AUSTRIAN SILVER
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3200
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Description
A PAIR OF AUSTRIAN SILVER, ENAMEL AND MOTHER OF PEARL COURT JESTERS
IN BAROQUE PEARL STYLE, VIENNA, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
each in Commedia dell'arte style, dancing holding an engraved fan, mounted on a silver velvet covered socle applied with masks, each stamped 'KB' possibly for Karl Bohm or Karl Bender, with Austrian 'A' control marks (2)
12.2cm high (overall)
PROVENANCE
Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918)
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916 - 2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House
CATALOGUE NOTE
Karl Bohm was recorded on Frierdich-Kaisergasse in 1908. Karl Bender was based in Vienna between 1875-1892 at Wienstrasse 63 and then at Frungasse 25. He specialised in revivalist objects mounted in enamel and hardstone.