An italian Silver Wine Cooler, Pietro Paolo Spagna, Rome, circa 1825

the lobed baluster form body with everted rim cast with shells and scrolling leaves, the sides applied with cast screw-on arms and with foliate scroll loop handles, raised on four panel feet centered by grotesque masks spaced by shells, detachable liner engraved with matching coronet

The arms are those of Borghese.

Sotheby's, Zurich, 13-14 November 1979, lot 24.

one nut missing from interior, liner also with later Italian marks, good condition
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