AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN SILVER LIBRARY-LAMP
MARK OF THE WIDOW OF LORENZE DE CAPORALI, ROME, 1796
On openwork triangular base with ball feet and stiff leaf and beaded border, the stem with an openwork column wrapped with serpents, with three pairs of burners, each issuing from a ram's mask, below vase shaped finial suspending various implements, including a pair of tweezers, a helmet-shaped extinguisher and a pick, all below a fasces and with a shield cast and chased with lion's mask, marked on fasces, on shield, on stem and on ball feet
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high
gross weight 122 oz. (3,790 gr.)
AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN SILVER LIBRARY-LAMP
MARK OF THE WIDOW OF LORENZE DE CAPORALI, ROME, 1796
On openwork triangular base with ball feet and stiff leaf and beaded border, the stem with an openwork column wrapped with serpents, with three pairs of burners, each issuing from a ram's mask, below vase shaped finial suspending various implements, including a pair of tweezers, a helmet-shaped extinguisher and a pick, all below a fasces and with a shield cast and chased with lion's mask, marked on fasces, on shield, on stem and on ball feet
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high
gross weight 122 oz. (3,790 gr.)
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