Art Deco Austrian large Silver Box, Carl Hiess Vienna C.1920. Probably originally for cigarettes, rectangular solid silver form with striking ribbed design, the interior with three silver dividers. Gilded interior and plain silver plaque on interior of cover. Measures: 9.10 x 5.10 x 1.20 inches. Weight: 26 oz. Hallmarked and stamped Carl Hiess Wien 1. Condition: Good, lovely good heavy silver. Interior is not wood … solid silver with gilding.
Art Deco Austrian large Silver Box, Carl Hiess Vienna C.1920
by Louis Wine€2,100
Art Deco Austrian large Silver Box, Carl Hiess Vienna C.1920
Louis Wine
Louis Wine Ltd., Toronto specialists in Antique Silver , Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts, are a 4th generation family business.Louis Wine (1865-1946) founded the company in Dublin, Ireland in 1880. Louis Wine began selling to silver collectors in Dublin from a shop in historic Wellington Quay. In 1908, he located on Dublin's fashionable Grafton Street. To the firm came the worlds leading Georgian Silver collectors. Pieces by Paul de Lamerie, Paul Storr, Hester Bateman and Irish Georgian Silver were constantly on display. Our gallery run by Richard (Louis Wine's great grandson) in Yorkville Toronto, displays a range of fine Antique Silver, Old Sheffield Plate, Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts from the 18th-20th century, including Bateman, Storr, Ramsden, Tiffany, Knox, Liberty, Jensen, Christopher Dresser.
