Lot Essay
The engraved inscription reads: "OBJET d'ART OFFERT PAR LA SOCIETE des STEEPLE CHASES de FRANCE GRAND STEEPLE CHASE de PAU 29 JANVIER 1885 P. D'EPINAY Ciselé par Calvi"
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SIGNED BY CONSTANTIN CALVI, ROME, CIRCA 1885
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A FINE CONTINENTAL SILVER TROPHY VASE
Signed by Constantin Calvi, Rome, circa 1885
In Renaissance taste; the bulbous lobed body chased with grotesque masks, scrolling foliage and fruit against a matted ground, the shoulder applied with three caryatids supporting turtles on their heads, the handles formed as wild masks with braided beards, the base engraved with inscription, signed by the artist, also with French control mark for 1864-1893
19in. (48.2cm.) high; 145oz. (4517gr.)
Signed by Constantin Calvi, Rome, circa 1885
In Renaissance taste; the bulbous lobed body chased with grotesque masks, scrolling foliage and fruit against a matted ground, the shoulder applied with three caryatids supporting turtles on their heads, the handles formed as wild masks with braided beards, the base engraved with inscription, signed by the artist, also with French control mark for 1864-1893
19in. (48.2cm.) high; 145oz. (4517gr.)