Victorian sterling silver bonbon dish with Green Man masks, Thomas Hayes 1898

£105.00

Victorian sterling silver openwork bonbon basket. Oval bowl with a serpentine edge is ornately pierced all over with a geometric rhombus design. The body is further decorated with embossed scrolls and flowers in typical Art Nouveau style of the period, and trimmed with a pie-crust border. There are four repoussé depictions of the Green Man mask - an architectural motif that originated in late Roman art from leaf masks used to represent gods and mythological figures.

Wonderfully ornate trinket dish that would be a great vide poche on a dressing table, or perhaps be used to serve sweets at teatime.

Made by Thomas Hayes and fully hallmarked for Birmingham, 1898.

28.88 g
2 x 13 x 8.5 cm

Very good antique condition. Few small dings and shallow indent to base.

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Victorian sterling silver openwork bonbon basket. Oval bowl with a serpentine edge is ornately pierced all over with a geometric rhombus design. The body is further decorated with embossed scrolls and flowers in typical Art Nouveau style of the period, and trimmed with a pie-crust border. There are four repoussé depictions of the Green Man mask - an architectural motif that originated in late Roman art from leaf masks used to represent gods and mythological figures.

Wonderfully ornate trinket dish that would be a great vide poche on a dressing table, or perhaps be used to serve sweets at teatime.

Made by Thomas Hayes and fully hallmarked for Birmingham, 1898.

28.88 g
2 x 13 x 8.5 cm

Very good antique condition. Few small dings and shallow indent to base.

Victorian sterling silver openwork bonbon basket. Oval bowl with a serpentine edge is ornately pierced all over with a geometric rhombus design. The body is further decorated with embossed scrolls and flowers in typical Art Nouveau style of the period, and trimmed with a pie-crust border. There are four repoussé depictions of the Green Man mask - an architectural motif that originated in late Roman art from leaf masks used to represent gods and mythological figures.

Wonderfully ornate trinket dish that would be a great vide poche on a dressing table, or perhaps be used to serve sweets at teatime.

Made by Thomas Hayes and fully hallmarked for Birmingham, 1898.

28.88 g
2 x 13 x 8.5 cm

Very good antique condition. Few small dings and shallow indent to base.

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