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Henry Matthews (1897) - Sterling silver trinket dish with embossed theatre masks / faces - 糖果篮 - 银
编号 83386869
编号 83386869
Victorian sterling silver openwork bonbon basket. Oval bowl with a serpentine edge is ornately pierced all over with a geometric rhombus design. The body is further decorated with embossed scrolls and flowers in typical Art Nouveau style of the period, and trimmed with a pie-crust border. There are four repoussé depictions of the Green Man mask - an architectural motif that originated in late Roman art from leaf masks used to represent gods and mythological figures.
Wonderfully ornate trinket dish that would be a great vide poche on a dressing table, or perhaps be used to serve sweets at teatime.
Maker: Thomas Hayes
Assay office: Birmingham
Date: 1898
28.88 g
2 x 13 x 8.5 cm
Very good antique condition. Few small dings and shallow indent to base.