Pair Antique German Repoussé 800 Silver Cornucopia Cherub Vases Hanau 1890 Mid-Century Modern This work was acquired from

This work was acquired from the Portland Art museum in 2008

It causes a sensation with its "butterfly" decoration created around 1925 representing red and blue insects on an azure cloudy background

by the 19th century French sculptor Paul Auguste Gagne

having his own bucolic images duplicated and disseminated in diverse ways

" and quickly did commissions for Glenn of California and Pacific Iron

Pair Antique German Repoussé 800 Silver Cornucopia Cherub Vases Hanau 1890 Mid-Century Modern This work was acquired fromSOLD A fine pair of antique German silver cornucopia vases with cherubs, Hanau, circa 1890. The vases most likely by Friedrich Reusswig, a silversmith based in Hanau, Germany, Made of . 800 silver and in the rococo style; each vase is modeled as a cornucopia and decorated with embossed rococo scroll cartouches containing winged cherubs and surrounded by scrolling and flowers. Each vase is draped with a cherub, the male cherub playing a harp, the