LATE 18TH/FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE SILVER POSSIBLY EARLIER AND RE-USED

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVER RELIEFS
LATE 18TH/FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE SILVER POSSIBLY EARLIER AND RE-USED
Each decorated with a cherub holding a palm frond below a dove representing the Holy Ghost, surmounted by a crown, set on velvet backboard in a giltwood oval frame carved with ribbon swags and foliage, damages
24½in.(62cm.) overall
inscribed to the reverse with various Racconigi inventory numbers (2)

Provenance

Almost certainly acquired for the Villa Reale, Monza in the late 19th century.
Moved to the Castello di Racconigi, Turin in the early 20th Century.

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Lot Essay

These inventory numbers indicate that these reliefs were acquired for the Villa Reale at Monza, probably in the late 19th Century. Several pieces in the Quirinale which came back from Monza in 1919 also have inventory numbers starting with 'L', which could stand for Lombardy. The initials S.M. followed by a number stand for 'Sua Maesta', and therefore must refer to a further inventory of Royal works of art, possibly drawn up in the early 20th Century at Racconigi. An inventory entitled 'della Sua Maesta' was drawn up in Turin between 1891-1907.

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