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An Italian group of seven hardstone and shell animals with silver mounts, 20th century | Groupe de sept animaux en pierre dure et coquillage montés en argent, Italie, XXe siècle

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June 1, 01:06 PM GMT

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3,000 - 3,500 EUR

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An Italian group of seven hardstone and shell animals with silver mounts, 20th century


comprising a duck, stamped BR, the body made of a quartz semi-geode, three toucans (one, the body consisting of an ammonite, the two others of agate), one imaginary bird, stamped BR, (the pear-shaped body in mainly blue hardstone), an insect (hardstone spherical body) and a bulldog (the spherical body opening in two parts), the eyes often made of hardstone, the duck, the imaginary bird and the bulldog stamped with Milan marks, the insect apparently unmarked, the bulldog by Cesare Cattaneo


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Groupe de sept animaux en pierre dure et coquillage montés en argent, Italie, XXe siècle


comprenant un canard, estampé BR, le corps en demi-géode de quartz, trois toucans (un le corps formé d'une ammonite, les deux autres d'agate), un oiseau imaginaire, estampé BR, (le corps piriforme en pierre dure en majorité bleue), un insecte (le corps sphérique en pierre dure) et un bouledogue (le corps sphérique en agate s'ouvrant en deux), les yeux souvent en pierre dure, le canard, l'oiseau imaginaire et le bouledogue au poinçon de Milan, l'insecte apparemment non poinçonné, le bouledogue par Cesare Cattaneo


The duck 23.5 cm long ; 9in. long