Silver Bowl

Silver, partially gilded. Elongated oval hollow base, sharply narrowing towards the center and ending with a short baluster stem with a widely flaring, matching oval bowl. The stem consists of an ornamented, umbrella-shaped patterned node. The base and bowl are decorated with relief wreaths of laurel leaves, separated by stylized flowers. In the center of the recessed mirror is a four-leaf floral rosette. Markings: 13 lot, hallmarks, tax mark (1810–1824). Weight approximately 705 g. Height 22.5 cm. Dimensions 28.2 cm x 23 cm. See Rosenberg, vol. IV, numbers 7887, 7986; Lanz/Schmid/Strachalm, Silver of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, pp. 21, 207. Austro-Hungarian late neoclassical silver bowl with gilding on a stem. Marked 13 lot, assay and tax mark. Lviv, Austria-Hungary, circa 1811.