Ivory casket

Manufacturer: Hermann Böhm (1843 Bükkösd- 1928 Vienna)
Title: Ivory casket in Neo-Renaissance style
Date: Vienna ca. 1880
Technique: wood, ivory, silver, enamel, lapis lazuli
Measurements: H 43,5 cm x W 38 cm x D 24 cm
Signature: movement signed Chaudoir N16787 a Genevel, masters hallmark HB

Description: enamel plates with allegoric scenes, silver mounts, enamel solid silver sculptures as well as a plant pot with enamelled silver flowers, numerous drawers behind the doors.
Literatur: W. Neuwirth: Lexikon Wiener Gold- und Silberschmiede und ihre Punzen 1867-1922, Wien 1922, Seite 116-117./