Lot 233
  • 233

An Austrian silver two-handled tray, maker's mark IF, Prag-Neustadt, 1804

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • marked on center of tray and rim with maker's mark, city mark, and 13, rim with Austrian export marks
  • Silver
  • length over handles 26 1/2 in.
  • 67.3cm
oval, raised on four foliate feet, pierced gallery of scrolling acanthus, swags, urns and flowerheads, handles formed as two intertwined snakes, supported with a wood base

Condition

good
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Catalogue Note

The city mark is recorded in Marc Rosenberg's Der Goldscmiede Merkzeichen as Prag-Neustadt (No. 4998).