Antique Art Nouveau Pierced or Reticulated Silver Plated Centerpiece

Silver : Antique : Silverplate

 

A stunning antique centrepiece dating to around 1900 with beautiful decorative piercing which when empty produces a wonderful shadow on the table cloth from an overhead light, as seen in the photographs.

The wonderful decoration is clearly Art Nouveau with heart shaped lily pads being the central theme to the dish.

This particular piece is highly versatile and very usable. The trumpet vase unscrews and the centre covered with the decorative nut from the underside to finish it off and use simply as a comport without the vase. For a more lavish centrepiece, the nut unscrews and replaced on the underside for storage, and the vase reinstated.

The underside bears the hallmarks EPNS for Electro Plated Nickel Silver and A1 together with the makers mark F G & Co.

Excellent condition and a real stunner. The two pieces intact measure 15 1/2" tall, with the fruit tazza having a diameter of 8 1/2".

Item ID: 31270

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