BOTTLE BASKETS, Henniger, Warsaw, 19th century
Mark: HENNIGER
Gustaw Henniger - a Warsaw jeweler established in 1825. Together with Edward Luckfield, he founded a company producing a wide range of plated goods. The company specialized in both tableware and decorative applications for motor vehicles. Its products were also exported to Germany and France. At the end of the 1850s, it was acquired by the Buch brothers.
Warsaw, 19th century
Dimensions of the smaller basket: 8cm (height) x 9cm (diameter)
Dimensions of the larger baskets: 8.5cm (height) x 11cm (diameter)
Condition: good.
Three bottle baskets of varying sizes. They were raised on wide feet with multiplied ornamentation. The solid bodies of the vessels received decorative variations based on auricles and flower sprigs. The whole is finished with a small, externally turned-up collar.