Lot 1323
  • 1323

A five-piece German silver and cut-glass garniture, J. D. Schleissner & Söhne, Hanau, retailed by Buchholz & Zelt, New York, circa 1900

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • each marked on base rims
  • silver, glass
  • length of bowl 22 1/2 in.
  • 57.2 cm
comprising a centerpiece bowl, pair of vases, and pair of three-light candelabra, all in rococo revival style with floral swags and fully-modeled putti, the candelabra also with pastoral figures and sheep encircling a tree-form support for the glass stems

Condition

silver with traces of lacquer; glass bowl of centerpiece with two small chips to rim; both candelabra stems with repairs to floral swags below putti, one with glue residue around base of glass, both with very minor nicks to glass stems; one glass vase with two small chips to rim, the other with minor nicks to rim; otherwise good
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