Beschreibung:

A GERMAN SILVER HOT WATER URN
MARK OF JOHANN HEINRICH FRIEDRICH VIOL, HAMBURG, CIRCA 1821
A GERMAN SILVER HOT WATER URN MARK OF JOHANN HEINRICH FRIEDRICH VIOL, HAMBURG, CIRCA 1821 Of exceptionally heavy gauge, on shaped square base with stiff-leaf border and ball feet, four trident-entwined dolphins supporting a circular hot water urn with applied grapevine band and griffins centering an owl and oil lamp, the entwined snake handles with Mercury mask joins, with everted stiff leaf neck, the domed cover with swan finial, the spigot modeled as a dog, the mother-of-pearl tap supported by addorsed dolphins, the burner formed as an oil lamp, the urn with inscription and with crest, marked on base, cover bezel 20¼in. (51.5 cm.) high; 318 oz. (9,015 gr.) gross weight