Lot 199
  • 199

Paire de flambeaux italiens à la financière en argent, poinçon d'orfèvre seulement, Italie, vers 1680

Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paire de flambeaux italiens à la financière en argent, poinçon d'orfèvre seulement, Italie, vers 1680
  • Dans la vente de 1987, ces flambeaux sont indiqués comme étant de Milan.
  • à la financière,  re-marked in Turin between 1824 and 1872
  • Haut. 17,5 cm, 744 gr. ; 7in high, 23oz 18dwt
les bases et noeuds ciselés de fleurs d'acanthe, repoinçonnés à Turin entre 1824 et 1872 

Provenance

Sotheby's Genève, 10 novembre 1987, n° 50.

Condition

In overall very good condiion. Usual scratches. Under each stick are stamped two marks, quite close one to the other. This pattern is very rare in Italian silver. Nice pattern.
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