GERMAN HANAU SILVER REPOUSSE BASKET HONORING LOUIS XVI AND MARIE ANTOINETTE

拍品描述

An oval silver basket featuring repousse portraits of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette within circular medallions. The center is decorated with a crowned eagle, laurel branches, and French inscriptions referencing the royal couple. The rim consists of a pierced gallery with swaged garlands and a beaded edge, flanked by two openwork foliate handles. The piece bears pseudo-hallmarks for Hanau on the interior rim and has a total weight of 28.4 ozt. The marks visible on the interior rim are pseudo-hallmarks characteristic of silver produced in Hanau, Germany, during the late 19th or early 20th century. Silversmiths in Hanau, such as Georg Roth & Co. or B. Neresheimer & S?hne, specialized in high-quality historical revival pieces, often using marks that imitated 18th-century French styles to complement the subject matter. h. 1.75 x w. 16 x d. 10.25 in. Inventory Code: 9BA-270

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