German openwork basket, Neresheimer&Sohne, Hanau, 1900
Description
Punched silver.
Dimensions: 8x25 cm
B. Neresheimer & Sohne, Hanau, Germany (1893), later Ludwig Neresheimer & Co, are probably the best well known of silversmith firms operating around the turn of the 19th century. The antique silver industry of Hanau specialised in excellent copies of old master silversmiths work, particularly Nuremberg pieces.