A German Art Nouveau Silver Ship-Form Centerpiece on Mirror Plateau, Wilkens & Sohne, Bremen-Hemelingen, Circa 1900

the hull pierced with a band of interlaced foliage, the stern applied with a seated pilot in the form of a large cast figure of Mercury wearing winged helmet and sandals and holding a caduceus, his cape billowing behind, below the bow a demi mermaid with flowing hair holding a spray of sea weed and fruit rising from frothing waves, all on a base of whiplash scrolls, with plated liner, the silver mirror plateau with openwork border linking four cartouches, marked on stand and plateau and numbered 168387 and 169388, the liner stamped einsatz unecht

weight of ship without liner 114 oz

3545.8 g

length of plateau 22 1/4 in.

56.5 cm