Art Nouveau Mauser silver crystal dressing table jar / vanity pot / toilet box
Very impressive large vanity table pot with crystal body and gilt sterling silver lid. The baluster jar is slice-cut in a spiralling fluted design - the plain bands are interspersed with strawberry diamond and star-cut sections. The lid is ornately embossed with an Art Nouveau design of floral swags, garlands and scrolls; one portion of the lid has wonderful repoussage depicting a daisy bouquet. The interior of the lid is very subtly gold-washed.
Made by the Mauser Manufacturing Company, USA, c. 1890’s.
30.02 g silver weight
269 g total weight
7.5 cm tall
9 cm across at widest point
Several dents and dings to the lid, one part of the baluster rim is pinched together; small chips and fleabites along the glass facets.
Very impressive large vanity table pot with crystal body and gilt sterling silver lid. The baluster jar is slice-cut in a spiralling fluted design - the plain bands are interspersed with strawberry diamond and star-cut sections. The lid is ornately embossed with an Art Nouveau design of floral swags, garlands and scrolls; one portion of the lid has wonderful repoussage depicting a daisy bouquet. The interior of the lid is very subtly gold-washed.
Made by the Mauser Manufacturing Company, USA, c. 1890’s.
30.02 g silver weight
269 g total weight
7.5 cm tall
9 cm across at widest point
Several dents and dings to the lid, one part of the baluster rim is pinched together; small chips and fleabites along the glass facets.
Very impressive large vanity table pot with crystal body and gilt sterling silver lid. The baluster jar is slice-cut in a spiralling fluted design - the plain bands are interspersed with strawberry diamond and star-cut sections. The lid is ornately embossed with an Art Nouveau design of floral swags, garlands and scrolls; one portion of the lid has wonderful repoussage depicting a daisy bouquet. The interior of the lid is very subtly gold-washed.
Made by the Mauser Manufacturing Company, USA, c. 1890’s.
30.02 g silver weight
269 g total weight
7.5 cm tall
9 cm across at widest point
Several dents and dings to the lid, one part of the baluster rim is pinched together; small chips and fleabites along the glass facets.
