Lot 187
  • 187

A set of fifteen Italian silver figures, Florence, second half 20th century

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • eight marked 800, four of those numbered 615 Fl, the rest apparently unmarked
  • Silver
  • height of tallest 6 3/4 in.
  • 17.2cm
in Buccellati style, comprising one stomping grapes, one catching lobster, one drinking, one sitting with hourglass, one with sword, one pouring water on a pig, one chopping wood, one playing guitar, one holding fish, one picking berries, one carrying a hay bale, one leading a bull, one with lantern and flag engraved W Marzo, one hunchback and one beggar

Condition

some with wirework bent, overall good
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