Jumping stag as a table decoration, modelled on a 17th century drinking game; silver. Fully sculpted stag leaping over a tree stump on a naturalistic oval base with a frog and a lizard. Detailed fur pattern and removable head, above a surrounding collar. A set, polished garnet stone on the front. Marked, pseudo marks. Weight approx. 565 g. H. 24 cm. Cf. cat. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, vol. I, part 1, MZ 1108. A stately naturalistic German silver table decoration in the shape of a jumping stag. Pseudomarks. German. Circa 1900.