1077 - Eugen Marcus, Berlin, chalice vase, rose vase, 800 silver, circa 1900, rose pin, 925 silver

Eugen Marcus, Berlin, chalice vase, rose vase, 800 silver, circa 1900, rose pin, 925 silver 800 and 925 silver, chalice vase and pin, 1) 800 silver, rose vase, also table decoration, Eugen Marcus, Berlin, circa 1900, hallmarked on the underside of the foot "EUGEN MARCUS", "MF. 800" and crescent and crown, round, domed foot with profiled rim and applied sculptural roots, thin stem with small thorns, above it openwork foliage of serrated rose leaves with rosebuds and a small rose blossom, a large open rose blossom as the bowl, gold-coloured inside, buds and small blossom engraved with the first names "Dora", "Ilse" and "Eva". Condition commensurate with age. H. 20 cm, weight 277 g. 2) 925 silver, pin, also brooch, in the form of a rose, sculpturally worked blossom with curled petals on a long, hammered stem, pin on the reverse with round, slotted catch on the stem, hallmarked on the stem, fineness 925, maker not identified. Condition commensurate with age. L. 14 cm, weight 24 g. Eugen Marcus was a court jeweller in Berlin with a shop on Unter den Linden and held the title of purveyor to the court of Emperor Wilhelm II; the workshop produced tea and coffee services, jewellery caskets, wine coolers and table silver. The firm's surviving works also include sculpturally designed pieces such as a coffee pot with an orchid finial and a pair of candlesticks with Venus and Cupid. The house also made badges, among them the German Reich Sports Badge in gold.