Description
Silver ‘Alpaka’ Round Shallow Serving Bowl from Hermann Göring’s Dining Wagon 10 ‘243’
A Lovely, round, and quite shallow serving bowl. Made from German heavy silver plate, ‘Alpaka’ produced by Bruckmann for the Deutsche Reichsbahn Sonderzugs.
The platter carries designation marks for Hermann Göring’s Sonderzug ‘Asien’, and in particular carriage number ‘243’ which was Göring’s dining wagon.
The bowl is accentuated with a raised rounded band edge to the top rim, a fantastic and finely detailed Deutsche Reichsbahn Eagle with wreathed Swastika straddled by the letters D and R all in relief is centered to the outside body under the lip of the rim. To the underside is found the stamped Bruckmann ‘B’ along with a ‘locomotive’ makers mark, followed by ’ALPAKA’ indicating heavy silver plate, and then the impressed number ‘243’ indicating the wagon number.
Condition:
A used item that displays surface marks and scratches, otherwise superb condition, and a beautiful display piece.
Dimensions:
Diameter 20.4cm
Depth 3.6cm
DR Motif 2.6cm x 1.5cm
Weight:
391g
All weights and measurements are approximate.
