A German Silver Large Centerpiece, Heinrich Daniel Meyen & Co., Berlin, Circa 1890

 A German Silver Large Centerpiece, Heinrich Daniel Meyen & Co., Berlin, Circa 1890

oval, the lobed and partly pierced body embossed on both sides with different coats of arms, and applied with ribbon-bow tied festoons of laurel, the projecting ends mounted with seated female figures of Spring holding flowers and Fall holding fruit with a pair of wheat sheaves and sickle, on winged paw feet at the center and leaf-chased block feet flanked by laurel at the ends, marked on one foot and stamped H MEYEN & CO BERLIN.

189 oz excluding plated liner

5877 g 

length 31 in.

78.7 cm