An Austrian silver and enamel scent barrel with table clock, Hermann Böhm, Vienna, circa 1900

the domed base painted with mythological scenes including centaur and a sleeping infant, topped with champlevé enamel coats of arms, swags and flowers, the stem formed as a pillar flanked by dolphins, the barrel-shaped body painted with fine arabesques enclosing Classical heads on pale pink ground with female deities, champlevé  enamel dial balanced by a plaque of a courting couple, eagle stopper

good condition
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