Lot 116
  • 116

Aiguière et bassin en argent, Gênes, 1742

Estimate
50,000 - 60,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Aiguière et bassin en argent, Gênes, 1742
  • silver
  • Haut 27 cm, 2 550g; 11in high, 82oz
l'aiguière de forme balustre, appliquée de feuilles alternant avec des lambrequins sur fond amati, le bassin de forme ovale mouvementée, le marli mouluré de filets

baluster ewer embossed with cut-card on matting, hinged cover, shaped basin with applied reeded rim, marked on body, cover and basin

Provenance

Alessandro Basevi, Genoa

Literature

Giuseppe Morazzoni, Argenterie Genovesi, Milan, 1954, no. 100

Condition

clear good marks, generally very good condition with a few little nocks and scratches only, with dent at footrim, nice colour, marked on body, cover and basin
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