A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MODEL OF A STORK WITH A BABY, PSEUDO MAKER'S MARK DW AND DANZIG TOWN MARK, 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
November 11, 04:08 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MODEL OF A STORK WITH A BABY, PSEUDO MAKER'S MARK DW AND DANZIG TOWN MARK, 19TH CENTURY
realistically modelled and tooled, glass eyes, detachable head, a figure of a baby in swaddling in it beak, the oval gilt base applied with a frog and chased with insects, reptiles and flowers to simulate a rocky ground, marked on neck
23.8cm., 9 1/2in. high
273gr., 8oz. 15dwt.
Although the idea of storks as bringers of babies is very old it had a particular flowering in the 19th century with the publication of The Storks by Hans Christian Andersen, in 1838.