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Lot 159

Sale 5139 - Silver & Objects of Vertu
Nov 19, 2012 5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$1,000 - 1,500
Price Realized
$1,900
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German repoussé silver-gilt twin-handled centerpiece hanau, late 19th century

Oval form with figural handles in the form of harpies, the rim with a pair of hippocampi at either end and four masks in high relief dispersed quarterly, all on a stippled ground with engraved scale-work design below, the body with chased fruit and vegetal motifs, the base raised on four grotesque mask feet.

H: 6 1/4 in. W: 15 1/2 in. D: 12 in. 48 oz.

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