ART nouveau sterling sardine bowl mermaid fish

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This adorable footed scandinavian Nouveau small sterling bowl was used for sardines (I was told this by another dealer who looked at it for us) and it has cherub like heads with fish tails ( mermaids?) as handles and hand worked repousse work on just about every part of it. This has a LOT Of hallmarks which include BM U 925 P and BM N and two mystery hallmarks. The work on this is high quality and lots of detail including the house, the ships and the windmills. Definitely was an expensive piece when it was first made. The size is smaller than most with the total width at 3 ¼" ( not including the handles) The fact that the handles have some sort of fish like tail makes me think this that the fact it would have held sardines is very true. I have included a lot of photos of the marks so please be sure to click on the photos to enlarge them to see them up close. It has good weight to it and is really well made too.

Item Details

Reference #:
jjb130151870034
Quantity
1
Category
Metals
SubCategory
Silver
Department
Antiques (approx100yrs)
Year
vintage
Dimensions
(Width x Height X Depth)
x x
Weight
Unknown
Condition
VERY GOOD
Material