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Lot 259
  • 259

Saliere en argent, Naples, 1695

Estimate
10,000 - 12,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Saliere en argent, Naples, 1695
  • Haut. 21 cm, 324 g ; 8 1/4 in, 10 oz 8dwt
en forme de fontaine, le corps formé de deux plateaux reposant sur trois pieds en buste de putti, chaque plateau formé de trois coquilles, chaque coquille du plateau inférieur ornée d'un oiseau, le fût balustre ajouré, la prise en putto tenant un poisson

shaped as a fountain, resting on three putti, the two trays chased with three shell, the lowest one applied with birds, the finial shaped as a putto holding a fish

Literature

Pour une salière de même taille de même forme et même fût mais agrémentée de motifs différents, voir Tre secoli di argenti napolitani, p. 49,  tav. 7

Condition

One foot resoldered. In three unscrewable parts. Legible marks under the base near the stem attach. Nice piece.
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