The Serque Collection
AN ITALIAN SILVER SPICE BOX, ROME, 18TH CENTURY, THE FOOT BY LUIGI OR GIUSEPPE VALADIER
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
AN ITALIAN SILVER SPICE BOX, ROME, 18TH CENTURY, THE FOOT BY LUIGI OR GIUSEPPE VALADIER
fluted domed base chased with a band of leaf tips on matted ground, engraved with initials A S, slender baluster stem chased with lower band of lobes and upper band of leaves, spherical chamber pierced and chased with six panels of acanthus, the finial formed as a lion rampant holding a branch, the body possibly of slightly earlier date
marked on foot rim with maker’s mark of either Luigi or Giuseppe Valadier and city mark
height 9 in.
22.8 cm
This maker’s mark was used by both Luigi, died 1785 and his son Giuseppe Luigi working 1785-1817. For a full account of this maker, see Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, Luigi Valadier, recently published for the exhibition Luigi Valadier, Splendor in 18th Century Rome, at the Frick Museum, New York, October 30, 2018 -January 20, 2019.