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Director’s Choice Hermann Ratzersdorfer’s Masterpiece
We return after a small break with this week’s Directors Choice. The sumptuous silver-gilt, enamel and crystal cup and cover of Neptune holding aloft his hippocamp. The history of Viennese enamels is renowned, but this example incorporates every aspect of the craft from the beautifully modelled and cast Neptune to the intricately carved rock crystal and sumptuous array of bright enamels, pearls and precious stones. This is a glorious moment in the 19th century, where the skills of the Renaissance were revisited and Hermann Ratzersdorfer brought glory to the city of Vienna.
