Lot 259
  • 259

A Set of Four Italian Royal Silver Wine Coasters, Guiseppe Giovara, Turin, circa 1825

Estimate
9,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • 7 1/4in. (28.5cm)
the sides partly gadrooned, the projecting rims applied with elongated cartouches of acanthus and anthemion foliage enclosing the Royal arms of Savoy, a coronet and initial F, marked on bases

Provenance

Prince Ferdinando Alberto, Duke of Genoa, (1822-1855).
Christie's, London, 27 June 2007, Works of Art from the Collection of S.A.R. La Principessa Reale Maria Gabriella Di Savoia.

Condition

slight surface wear, good condition
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Catalogue Note

The arms and initial are those of Charles Félix, King of Sardinia 1821-1831, and Duke of Savoy, Piedmont and Aosta.