Unusual historicist silver and ruby glass saliere. Domed base with walls in scale-like relief. Shaft in the shape of a two-tailed mermaid as a support for a silver-mounted, shell-shaped glass bowl. Side handles in the shape of a woman's head and a squirrel sitting on an open-worked volute. Minimal rest; total weight approx. 330 g. H. 15,5 cm. An extraordinary German Historism silver and ruby glass saliere. Minor restored. German. Circa 1900.