Faberge Silver Soup Plate with Hippogriffs
Faberge silver soup plate, marked K Faberge Moscow 1899-1908, Empire style, octagon form bowl with four pairs of hippogriffs with wreaths within a leaf cast border. 8.86 in. x 8.86 in., (W372g). Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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- Empire Style - The Empire style was a version of neo-classicism popular from 1800 to 1830, coinciding with the rule of Napoleon I from 1840-15. In England the style corrosponds with the Regency style and in the United States to the Federal style.
The style is inspired by classical Rome and Greece, as reflected in the decorative motifs in the the design such as paterae, guilloches, acanthus and swags, and pieces are lavishly decorated with applied gilded decoration.
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