Need help to id this silver piece

[niceguy1]

HELLO ALL

Who is the maker of this silver piece? & what was it used for or is it just for decorative purposes?

It has a Scandinavian feel to it so I’m putting it in this section.

It measures 13 cm tall & 10 cm wide at base.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

[Hose_dk]

Its from hamburg.
And its missing a glass bowl - to be fastened between the 2 silver buttons.
https://www.google.dk/search?q=visitkor ... 91&bih=700

[dognose]

See: http://www.925-1000.com/Fger_hamburg_01.html

Trev.

[niceguy1]

Thank you both.

Does anyone know who the maker is?

[blakstone]

The assayer’s letter “A” here is that of Johann Nicolaus Wilhelm Schäffer, who served 1828-1851. The maker “C. Steffens” is Carl Wilhelm Steffens (1803-1864), master 1827.

Ref: Erich Schliemann & Bernhard Heitmann, Goldschmiede Hamburgs (Hamburg: Schliemann, 1985), p. 13, mark 91 & p. 509, mark/maker #603

[niceguy1]

Excellent! thank you very much.