ANTIQUE 19thC AUSTRIAN SILVER GILT & ENAMEL HUNTING HORN, KARL BANK c.1890
19th Century Austrian silver gilt and hand painted enamel hunting horn. The silver gilt mounts pierced and painted with multi-coloured enamels, sections painted with classical romantic scenes and terminating in a realistically modeled fox head and paws.
The horn supported by a figure of a warrior. Hallmarked Austrian silver control mark (800 standard, used 1867-1922), Vienna, circa 1890, Maker's mark KB (Karl Bank, active 1895-1924).
Reference Number: C7758
19th Century Austrian silver gilt and hand painted enamel hunting horn. The silver gilt mounts pierced and painted with multi-coloured enamels, sections painted with classical romantic scenes and terminating in a realistically modeled fox head and paws.
The horn supported by a figure of a warrior. Hallmarked Austrian silver control mark (800 standard, used 1867-1922), Vienna, circa 1890, Maker's mark KB (Karl Bank, active 1895-1924).
Reference Number: C7758
19th Century Austrian silver gilt and hand painted enamel hunting horn. The silver gilt mounts pierced and painted with multi-coloured enamels, sections painted with classical romantic scenes and terminating in a realistically modeled fox head and paws.
The horn supported by a figure of a warrior. Hallmarked Austrian silver control mark (800 standard, used 1867-1922), Vienna, circa 1890, Maker's mark KB (Karl Bank, active 1895-1924).
Reference Number: C7758
DESCRIPTION
Antique late-19th Century Austrian exceptional solid silver gilt and hand painted enamel hunting horn. The silver gilt mounts pierced and painted with multi-coloured enamels, sections painted with classical romantic scenes and terminating in a realistically modeled fox head and paws. The horn supported by a figure of a warrior. Hallmarked Austrian silver control mark (800 standard, used 1867-1922), Vienna, circa 1890, Maker's mark KB (Karl Bank, active 1895-1924).
CONDITION
In Great Condition - minor restorations.
SIZE
Height: 40.5cm
Width: 27 x 13.5cm
Weight: 1205g