A magnificent pair of Sicilian ten-light silver and gilt bronze chandeliers, assay master Nunzio Gino, Palermo, 1758
Description
A magnificent pair of Sicilian ten-light silver and gilt bronze chandeliers, assay master Nunzio Gino, Palermo, 1758
the numbered detachable moulded scroll branches with detachable shaped circular drip pans and conical gilt-bronze sconces, fitted into numbered niches at the central baluster columnar stem, rising to a bishop's Galero with heraldic tassle attributes and applied below with armorials three times, the stem further applied with gilt-metal scrolls and acanthus leaves, interior metal rod terminating in ring hanging mount
110cm, 43in high; 90cm, 35 1/2 in wide
Silver weight approximately 27.5kg
Condition report
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Provenance
A Sicilian family
Burzio. Fine Antiques and Works of Art
Literature
Silvano Barraja, “I marchi degli argenti e orafi di Palermo”, Palermo, 1996, p.34, p.77