Henkelkaraffe mit Silbermontierung im Jugendstil, Deutschland, um 1900
Handled decanter with silver mount in the Art Nouveau style, Germany, circa 1900
800/- Silber und farbloses geschliffenes Glas; Gesamtgewicht: ca. 1191 g; Karaffe mit vierpassigem, birnenförmigem Korpus, vertikal ornamental geschliffen auf quadratischem Fuß mit eckigem Henkel, Schnabelausguss, Scharnierdeckel mit Mündung und kugelförmigem Daumendrücker aus Silber; auf dem Deckel graviert „H.Y.C. Alster 25.7.1909“; am Deckel seitlich gestempelt mit Halbmond und Krone, verschlagener, ungedeuteter Meistermarke, Modellnummer und Feingehaltsstempel; Lötrückstände auf Deckelmitte, punktuelle eingeschlossene Fremdkörper im Glas, Kerbe im Glas über ca. 1 cm, starke Oxidationsspuren, Abrieb am Stand; Höhe: ca. 31 cm.
800/- silver and colourless cut glass; total weight: approx. 1191 g; decanter with quatrefoil, pear-shaped body, vertically ornamentally cut, on a square base with angular handle, spout, hinged lid with mouth and spherical thumbpiece in silver; lid engraved “H.Y.C. Alster 25.7.1909”; on the side of the lid stamped with crescent and crown, a partially struck unidentified maker’s mark, model number and fineness mark; solder residues on the centre of the lid, isolated enclosed foreign inclusions in the glass, chip in the glass measuring approx. 1 cm, heavy oxidation traces, wear to the base; height: approx. 31 cm.
750/- white gold; total weight: approx. 9.7 g; curved form with 7 composite claw settings and 2 asymmetrically attached bands; set with 12 fine rubies, total approx. 1.3 ct; 2 brilliant-cut diamonds, total approx. 0.46 ct; colour: E-F; clarity: VVS-VS; 44 melee brilliant-cut diamonds, total approx. 0.56 ct; colour: F-H; clarity: VS (upper range); maker’s mark on the reverse; dimensions: approx. 22.6 x 14.9 mm.
750/- yellow gold; total weight: approx. 11 g; stylised band ring design; centrally set Ceylon sapphire approx. 1.08 ct (according to engraving); mounted in a slightly rectangular, convex white gold bezel setting; on the white gold linear shoulders of the ring shank, each side set with 4 brilliant-cut diamonds, total approx. 0.48 ct; colour: Top Wesselton; clarity: SI; framed laterally in yellow gold; width of ring head: approx. 8.1 mm; ring size: 52.5; sapphire facets and ring surface with visible signs of wear.
All details according to the jewellery certificate by Christian Fassbender, 1998; appraisal by jeweller Mahlberg from 2023.
Clasp: 750/- white gold; matching elliptical form; centrally set round emerald cabochon, diameter: approx. 7.9 mm; height: approx. 3.9 mm; surrounded by old-cut and baguette-cut diamonds, total approx. 0.7 ct; colour and clarity: in the medium range; dimensions: approx. 13.6 x 26.1 mm; reverse stamped: W with crown; cream-coloured Akoya pearls with golden lustre and natural surface characteristics; diameter: approx. 9-9.5 mm; total length: approx. 100 cm (knotted).
750/- white gold; total weight: approx. 13.3 g; triple stepped spiral form composed of stylised leaves and claw settings; set with approx. 138 melee brilliant-cut diamonds and 19 brilliant-cut diamonds, total approx. 1.4 ct; colour: G-H; clarity: VS-SI; centrally set drop-shaped South Sea pearl; silvery-grey with iridescent mother-of-pearl lustre and small natural surface characteristics; diameter: approx. 31.4 mm; height: approx. 17.1 mm.