A GERMAN SILVER, ENAMEL, AND GEM-SET OSTRICH EGG CUP AND COVER, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1890

A GERMAN SILVER, ENAMEL, AND GEM-SET OSTRICH EGG CUP AND COVER, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1890

the pedestal base chased and enameled with scrolling foliage and swags and supporting a blackamoor figure, three enameled plants, and the palm-tree stem, the egg secured with four hinged straps in the form of stalks with gem-set flowers, the rim applied with pendant amethyst berries, with gilt liner, the cover topped by an enameled exotic bird with ruby and seed-pearl feathers enclosed by three branches

apparently unmarked

height 16½ in.

42 cm

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