A LARGE VIENNESE SILVER AND ENAMEL VASE
BY HERMANN BÖHM, CIRCA 1880
Decorated all-over with reserves painted with scenes from mythology and classical history, the floral-festooned rim above a waisted neck and body, applied with grotesque masks, winged figures and seated cherubs, with a pair of grotesque beast handles, the lower body mounted with a pair of female figures with mask terminals, supported by a pair of mermen and addorsed putto-mounted sea-creatures, above a circular spreading stem and star-shaped base terminating in grotesque mask feet, stamped to the feet 'HB', on a hexagonal rock-crystal base cornered by putto-mounted sea-creatures
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high, the vase
25½ in. (65 cm.) high, overall
A LARGE VIENNESE SILVER AND ENAMEL VASE
BY HERMANN BÖHM, CIRCA 1880
Decorated all-over with reserves painted with scenes from mythology and classical history, the floral-festooned rim above a waisted neck and body, applied with grotesque masks, winged figures and seated cherubs, with a pair of grotesque beast handles, the lower body mounted with a pair of female figures with mask terminals, supported by a pair of mermen and addorsed putto-mounted sea-creatures, above a circular spreading stem and star-shaped base terminating in grotesque mask feet, stamped to the feet 'HB', on a hexagonal rock-crystal base cornered by putto-mounted sea-creatures
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high, the vase
25½ in. (65 cm.) high, overall
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