An Italian Silver and Enamel Figural Centerpiece, Eugenio Bellosio, Milan, Dated 1897

An Italian Parcel-Gilt Silver and Enamel Figural Centerpiece, Eugenio Bellosio, Milan, Dated 1897

the shaped tray mounted on a wood base and raised on three beaded feet, with fittings for fifteen cups and one decanter, with later glass cups but no decanter, centered by a plinth mounted with a fully-formed female figure rising from a shell supported by two dolphins and surrounded by five putti, the front with cartouche with enameled initials EL, engraved along the base rim at back of plinth Eug. Bellosio fesc. Milano 1897

length 20 in.; height 14 in.

50.8 cm; 35.5 cm