Silver bowl

Silver, partially gilded. An oblong-oval hollow base, tapering sharply toward the center and ending in a short baluster stem with a wide-opening, matching oval bowl. The stem consists of an ornamented, umbrella-shaped patterned knop. The base and cup are adorned with relief laurel wreaths separated by stylized flowers. In the center of the recessed mirror is a four-leaf floral rosette. Markings: 13 lot, hallmarks, tax stamp (1810–1824). Weight approx. 705 g. Height 22.5 cm. Dimensions 28.2 cm x 23 cm. See Rosenberg, volume IV, numbers 7887, 7986; Lanz/Schmid/Strachalm, Silver of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, pp. 21, 207. Austro-Hungarian late Neoclassical silver-gilt stem bowl. Markings: 13 lot, fineness mark, and tax stamp. Lviv, Austria-Hungary, circa 1811.