Miniature silver and silver-gilt ewer, the spout supported b - Lot 72

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Miniature silver and silver-gilt ewer, the spout supported b - Lot 72
Miniature silver and silver-gilt ewer, the spout supported by a faun's head, the body decorated with two snail shells and garlands of flowers on an amati background, the foot in the form of a dragon lying on a molded oval base. Northern Europe (?), first half of the 18th century. The base engraved with "Hxx", a figure believed to correspond to that of Henri XX, Prince Reuss de Greiz (1794-1859), who remarried in 1839 to Caroline Amélie, Princess of Hesse-Homburg. Weight: 229 g Height: 9.5 cm Note: Freely inspired by engravings by Theodore Van Kessel after Adam Van Vianen in "Modelles artificiels de divers vaisseaux d'argent, et autres oeuvres capricieuzes (1650)".
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