Cloisonne enamel in a fantasy archaic Chinese motif in red, yellow, black and white abstract designs on a bronze body with a blue enameled underside and a wood lined interior.
Frantisek Bibus Architectural Vienna Secession Decanter c. 1910
FRANTISEK BIBUS Czechoslovakia
Architectural covered decanter with spherical stopper c. 1910
Silver mount with a rectangular handle cut out on a cut paneled crystal body, round crystal silver mounted stopper.
Marks: FB (maker’s mark) in a rectangle cartouche, Vienna assay mark for 800 silver
For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991).
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