An unusual painted enamel hippocamp cup and cover with jewelled silver-gilt mounts, Rudolf Linke, Vienna, early 20th century painted in green with fish scales, the body with mythological scenes, gods and goddesses, the prow as a horse's head with stiffly-pointed mane and green front legs ending in flippers, the rims applied with jewelled silver-gilt mounts with pierced and enamelled scrolling foliage, the lid with a silver-gilt figure of Atlas, maker's mark, town mark and later French import marks 33cm., 13 in. wide
An unusual painted enamel hippocamp cup and cover with jewelled silver-gilt mounts, Rudolf Linke, Vienna, early 20th century painted in green with fish scales, the body with mythological scenes, gods and goddesses, the prow as a horse's head with stiffly-pointed mane and green front legs ending in flippers, the rims applied with jewelled silver-gilt mounts with pierced and enamelled scrolling foliage, the lid with a silver-gilt figure of Atlas, maker's mark, town mark and later French import marks 33cm., 13 in. wide
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