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TWO SIMILAR GERMAN GEM-SET FIGURAL DECANTERS
Lot 104

TWO SIMILAR GERMAN GEM-SET FIGURAL DECANTERS

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, ONE MARK OF SIMON ROSENAU, BAD KISSINGEN, THE OTHER MARKED 13 AND WITH A KEY IN SHIELD

Closed22 August 2019

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TWO SIMILAR GERMAN GEM-SET FIGURAL DECANTERS
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, ONE MARK OF SIMON ROSENAU, BAD KISSINGEN, THE OTHER MARKED 13 AND WITH A KEY IN SHIELD
Formed as figures seated in thrones and mounted with gem stones, removable heads, marked to undersides, the first with French import marks
11 in. high (27.9 cm.), the larger
63 oz. 18 dwt. (1,987.3 gr.) gross weight

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 May 1990, lot 22.

Specialist note

Based on a tenth-century gold and jeweled reliquary of St. Foy in the treasury of the church at Conques, France.