ART NOUVEAU CENTERPIECE

around 1900
Pierced dish in floral Art Nouveau style, with a pair of side handles and a tall baluster leg with an arched base. Base metal with relief decoration and silver plating, cobalt glass insert adorned with enamel floral painting and gilding. H. 32 cm, diameter of bowl 24 cm. Unmarked. Condition A. Provenance: From the estate of Josef Eduard Šrom (1888-1942), a mechanical engineer and Czechoslovak diplomat in Moscow and Vienna, author of works on Russia and Jan Kubelík