Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Silver-Plated and

A Collection of Silver-Plated and Metal Decorative Items Including Hinz & Kunst and Van Houten Examples - A collection of silver-plated and metal decorative items including Hinz & Kunst and Van Houten examples. This lot comprises a large oval silver-plated gallery tray featuring a pierced openwork rim and a central field engraved with foliate and scroll motifs. The collection also includes a cylindrical lithographed advertising tin for Van Houten Cacao, decorated with a man and woman in historical attire. The group is further composed of a contemporary industrial metal sculpture of a person walking a dog, assembled from nuts and bolts, and a pair of four tall silver-toned candlesticks with fluted cups and twisted wire-effect stems on circular stepped bases. A decorative damascene style wall plate with a central patinated field depicting birds and flowering vines completes the group. The industrial sculpture bears a rectangular plaque stamped Original Hinz & Kunst Germany, and the advertising tin is printed with VAN HOUTEN CACAO in a stylised script.