325 - VON SCHAFFGOTSCH FAMILY COAT OF ARMS PLATE

VON SCHAFFGOTSCH FAMILY COAT OF ARMS PLATE Gebrüder Sommé, Breslau Round silver plate, the undulating rim decorated with ribbon-like bands and clusters of grapes in openwork; the rim engraved with a large quartered coat of arms (checkered pattern and Silesian eagles), surmounted by a crowned escutcheon, and topped with three crowned helmets whose crests depict a peacock’s plume, a sheep, and a griffin. Louis XVI style. 800‰ silver. German craftsmanship from Breslau; hallmark “SOMMÉ NACHF. · 800 · BRESLAU” for the Gebrüder Sommé company (Sommé Nachfolger). Founded in 1794 in Breslau by Jacques Sommé, the firm Gebrüder Sommé served as court jeweler (Hofjuwelier) to Emperor Wilhelm II; the inscription “Nachfolger” (successors) and the 800 hallmark date the dish to around 1900. The coat of arms belongs to the Counts von Schaffgotsch (Semperfrei von und auf Kynast, Barons of Trachenberg), one of the most powerful houses of the Silesian nobility, attested as early as the 13th century; the crest featuring a sheep constitutes the canting coat of arms (Schaf, “sheep” in German). Breslau, circa 1900. Diameter: 25.3 cm — Weight: 363 g.