Große Vermeil Soupière Lot n° 997

Height: 47.5 cm. Weight: 8400 g. Berlin inspection and hallmark of fineness, 12 lots, master stamp stamped. Berlin, 19th century. Silver, cast, chased, chased, gilded. Four naturalistically designed lion's paw feet, the grooved foot with a plastic vine leaf ornament band. The shaft is nodded with a sculptured pearl decoration and overlapped by an acanthus leaf frieze. Wall with antique relief Ceres on the carriage. Underneath, on the front side, a crowned engraved coat of arms. Snake handling. The lid is wide fluted with a plastic lion's knob. Also used in Vermeil. One nut missing. (12211312) (13) BIG VERMEIL SOUPIÈRE Height: 47.5 cm. Weight: 8400 g. Hallmarked with Berlin city mark and 12 lot, maker's mark mis-struck. Berlin, 19th century.