A CONTINENTAL SILVER TABLE-CENTREPIECE
MARKED WITH FRENCH-STYLE PSEUDOMARKS, PROBABLY HANAU, LAST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The shaped square base on four openwork double dolphin feet and with fluted border, the four circular baskets with openwork scroll and foliage borders heightened with putto cartouches, with four cast putto holding floral garlands and with central bowl with a ram's mask heightened border, marked on rim and under bowls, the foot with a later French tax mark
22 in. (55.8 cm.) wide
174 oz. (5,426 gr.)
A CONTINENTAL SILVER TABLE-CENTREPIECE
MARKED WITH FRENCH-STYLE PSEUDOMARKS, PROBABLY HANAU, LAST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The shaped square base on four openwork double dolphin feet and with fluted border, the four circular baskets with openwork scroll and foliage borders heightened with putto cartouches, with four cast putto holding floral garlands and with central bowl with a ram's mask heightened border, marked on rim and under bowls, the foot with a later French tax mark
22 in. (55.8 cm.) wide
174 oz. (5,426 gr.)