£10,000 - £15,000
19th Century pair of German Hanau solid Silver wine / champagne coolers, each exceptionally decorative and ornamental, with figural cast handles modelled as a mermaid with bifurcated tails holding sea snakes, the body embossed and chiselled with winged cartouches enclosing an important French coat of arms for Louis-Henri de Bourbon above Classical panels, one depicting Neptune being drawn by seahorses and the other pulled by griffins. Hallmarked with French pseudo-marks used by the Hanau firm Hanauer Silberwaren-Manufaktur, the first firm of Georg Roth.
They are in outstanding condition with no damages
Size
Height. ::: 24.2 cm
Diameter of top. 17.3 cm
Diameter of base. 18.1 cm
Length. ::: 25.5 cm head of Handel to other head
Width ::: 24.4 cm Ladys leg to other leg
Width of body ::: 20.2 cm
Weight of one :: 2204.1 grams
Weight of other one. ::: 2161.2 grams
Total weight of pair are ::: 4365.3 grams
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