Style: New York
Style: New York
Three Matching German Silver Empire-Style Wine Coasters, Munich, 1816/32/39
Lot Closed
October 21, 04:51 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Three Matching German Silver Empire-Style Wine Coasters, Munich, 1816/32/39
the sides pierced and cast with seated griffins facing urns and with floral tails, leaf-tip rims, silver base plates
marked on bases, one marked W:Haupt probably for Anton Weisshaupt, the second by Louis Wollenweber, and the third marked Weisshaupt for Carl Weisshaupt
27 oz
839 g
diameter 5 in.
12.7 cm
These coasters follow the design of those made for Pauline Borghese by J.B.C. Odiot, with later examples by Scheggi of Florence. Rosenberg lists a set of twenty-eight in silver-gilt by Weisshaupt, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen. R 3, 1923, p. 352. He also lists other works copied from Odiot and Biennais.