LOT 558
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Lot 558
A VERY FINE HERMANN BOHM RENAISSANCE REVIVAL VENNESE SILVER, LAPIS LAZULI AND ENAMELED TABLE CLOCK, CIRCA 1880.Of stepped steeple form, the pentagonal center section with arched niches on each panel containing sculpted enameled silver figures of two crowned emperors and three knights, surmounted by a cast silver and enameled steeple with reticulated panel scenes representing the virtues, and terminating with an enameled clock finial surmounted with a figure of father time. Stamped hallmarks "HB" and Austrian "dog's head" Height 17 inches (43 cm).
Estimate:
$25,000 - 35,000
€ 18,500 - 25,900
Hermann Bohm was among the most well known manufactures of luxury silver, enamel and hardstone mounted items during the second half of the 19th century. Like Ratzersdorfer, Bohm had a prolific workshop catering to the growing bourgeois clientele whose newly monied taste gravitated towards objects that evoked the famous “Treasuries” of European royal families, especially those formed by the Austrian Hapsburgs. As it was mentioned in The Jeweler & Metalworker magazine in describing Bohm’s exhibit at the 1889 Paris International Exposition “[Bohm’s] perfect reproduction of grand medieval pieces rich in gems and enamels of many colors, while even his modern specimens…are so quaint and old-world in time and feeling that they have the charm of heirlooms.
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