Arthur Krupp, Berndorf Metalware Factory
LARGE BOTTLE COASTER BY BMF
A stunningly elegant silver plate bottle coaster (or multi purpose stand) by the sought-after maker: BMF. Easily large enough to accommodate even a double magnum bottle, with an internal diameter of six and a quarter inches.
By Arthur Krupp of the Berndorf Metalware Factory (Berndorfer Metallwaarenfabrik), this silver plated piece (essentially silver plated nickel silver) is also sometimes known as Alpacca base metal or Alpacca silver.
Marked with the standing bear & BMF AS, this is the very rare 1875-1880 stamp mark as identified on table 1, No.5 in article 191 by ASCAS – credit ASCAS, Dr. David. N. Nikogosyan 2015.
Attractively styled in the Neoclassical manner, the coaster has Adam style foliate swags all round, four cartouches and four swags.
Date: late Victorian – 1875 – 1880.
Condition: Excellent condition. A little plate loss and tarnish on the underside. Very fine surface marks to top. One cartouche engraved with two intertwining S letters.
Dimensions:
Diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2″)
Height: 6.5cm (2 1/2″)
Weight: 0.421 kg (0.93 lb)
Stock number: AC1109
PRICE £250 (incs UK shipping)
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