A Renaissance Revival Viennese silver, silver-gilt and semi-precious stone-mounted enamel vase Attributed to Hermann Böhm, Last quarter 19th Century Decorated all-over with reserves painted with scenes from mythology and classical history, the floral-festooned rim above a waisted neck and body, applied with grotesque masks, winged figures and seated cherubs, with a pair of grotesque beast handles, the lower body mounted with a pair of female figures with mask terminals, supported a pair of mermen and addorsed putto-mounted sea-creatures, above a circular spreading stem and star-shaped base terminating in grotesque mask feet, apparently unmarked 22 in. (56 cm.) high
A Renaissance Revival Viennese silver, silver-gilt and semi-precious stone-mounted enamel vase Attributed to Hermann Böhm, Last quarter 19th Century Decorated all-over with reserves painted with scenes from mythology and classical history, the floral-festooned rim above a waisted neck and body, applied with grotesque masks, winged figures and seated cherubs, with a pair of grotesque beast handles, the lower body mounted with a pair of female figures with mask terminals, supported a pair of mermen and addorsed putto-mounted sea-creatures, above a circular spreading stem and star-shaped base terminating in grotesque mask feet, apparently unmarked 22 in. (56 cm.) high
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