<I>Bouquet holder, grape and leaf motif</I>

ca.1830-1920

Silver bouquet holder with curved handle. The vase is comprised of grape clusters and leaves looped over a wire ring, which functions as the lip. Below the clusters, large upright leaves make up the bottom of the vase. The neck, which connects the vase to the handle, is long with slender upright leaves alternating with flowers on a thin stem. The curved, tubular handle is hand engraved and capped with a ball. A shorth length of chain is connected to the top of the handle which would have connected to a floral pin or finger ring.