A LARGE AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL CUP AND COVER
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A LARGE AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL CUP AND COVER
MARK OF KARL RÖSSLER, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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In the Renaissance Revival taste, the lobed cover surmounted by a figure playing a violin, the flaring and part-gadrooned body finely painted and gilt with oval scenes of peasant life, on a stepped domed foot, marked on underside
28 in. (71.1 cm.) high
Lot Essay
Karl Rössler was born in 1854 in Niederpolitz, Bohemia, now called Dolní Police in the Czech Republic, and became one of the foremost practitioners of Revivalist goldsmith's work operating in late nineteenth century Vienna. Rössler, together with Hermann Ratzersdorfer and Hermann Böhm, was one of a small number of jewelers and goldsmiths specializing in fine painted enamel and hardstone mounted prunkstücke objects in the Mannerist and Renaissance Revival styles. Registered in business in 1890,
Karl Rössler is recorded as a Juwelier und Goldarbeiter specialising in 'Kunstgewerbliche Gegenstände in Gold und Silber. - Email und Antique-Imitation'.
MARK OF KARL RÖSSLER, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
In the Renaissance Revival taste, the lobed cover surmounted by a figure playing a violin, the flaring and part-gadrooned body finely painted and gilt with oval scenes of peasant life, on a stepped domed foot, marked on underside
28 in. (71.1 cm.) high
Lot Essay
Karl Rössler was born in 1854 in Niederpolitz, Bohemia, now called Dolní Police in the Czech Republic, and became one of the foremost practitioners of Revivalist goldsmith's work operating in late nineteenth century Vienna. Rössler, together with Hermann Ratzersdorfer and Hermann Böhm, was one of a small number of jewelers and goldsmiths specializing in fine painted enamel and hardstone mounted prunkstücke objects in the Mannerist and Renaissance Revival styles. Registered in business in 1890,
Karl Rössler is recorded as a Juwelier und Goldarbeiter specialising in 'Kunstgewerbliche Gegenstände in Gold und Silber. - Email und Antique-Imitation'.
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A LARGE AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL CUP AND COVER
Estimate $12,000 - $18,000
Starting Price $6,000
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