Lot 126
  • 126

An Italian silver book binding, Venice, circa 1700

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • marked throughout with assay master's mark FP (Pazzi, 1992, n. 574), maker's mark HON/OR, and control mark
  • silver, paper
  • height 4 in.
  • 10.2 cm
embossed and chased with scrolling foliage and flowers, the front with the Levi arms and the back with the da Norsa arms, both under coronets, now containing a volume of blank pages

Condition

as noted re. the later volume; long split at the top of the back cover; repair where hinge applied to cover; a few minor splits; otherwise good
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Catalogue Note

The assay master's mark is listed in Piero Pazzi, I Punzoni dell'Argenteria E Oreficeria Veneta, 1992, no. 574 and gives the date span as 1671-1716.