A GROUP OF THREE AUSTRIAN MINIATURE SILVER AND ENAMEL OBJETS, VIENNA, HALLMARKED, LATE 19TH CENTURY, comprising a harp with silver gilt sphere form crown, above a cobalt blue twist reeded pillar and shaped neck, having bright cut engraved sides fitted with rope twist silver strings, ending on a pink ground sound board centering blossoming "C" scrolls, reversing to a curved sound box enclosing a nicely detailed scene of a courting couple in historic costume, standing beneath a tall tree and admiring his white dove, on a rounded plinth of stylized foliage over sides of trailing floral clusters, raised on conforming trim and ball feet, framing an enameled underside with circular hinged and engraved door opening to a silver gilt blank interior, stamped three times with, "A" (Vienna) and "LP" (silversmith Ludwig Politzer), height: 4"; together with a wheelbarrow having shaped interior and exterior panels of cherubs and putti at various pursuits, amidst blossoming foliage and "C" scrolls in stylized landscapes, trimmed in silver and raised on a silver wheel stamped, "A" (Vienna) and "RL" (silversmith Rudolph Linke), length: 3 1/2"; a small shaped oval tray centering a courting youth and maiden amidst a romantic garden with spying children, enclosed by a conforming undulating rim with "C" scroll and seraphim decoration, reversing to a conforming base of rural waterside structures beneath shade trees and a distant church steeple, within silver trim indistinctly stamped, length: 4 3/4".

Harp has small worn and tarnished areas on silver gilding, surface buildup throughout, old ding on one corner trim and one ball foot, light wear on some enameled areas - otherwise good condition. Wheelbarrow has a small chip, a few dings and tarnish on silver trim, surface buildup in crevices. The tray has a few dings on silver trim, light wear on enamel base.

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