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A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS
ROME, CIRCA 1810
Each on circular spreading base with ribbon-bound laurel leaf border and with tapering cylindrical stem terminating with male bust, one side with the mask of a bearded man and on the other a youth, surmounted by a vase-shaped socket, the bases applied with a coat-of-arms with princely coronet above, fully marked
31.5 cm (12½ in) high
882 gr
The arms are those of Prince Massimiliano Massimo (1770-1839), who married Princess Christina, daughter of Prince Saverino of Saxony, and grand-daughter of Augustus III, King of Poland. Prince Massimiliano was one of the patricians held hostage in Paris from 1811 until 1815 (2)
ROME, CIRCA 1810
Each on circular spreading base with ribbon-bound laurel leaf border and with tapering cylindrical stem terminating with male bust, one side with the mask of a bearded man and on the other a youth, surmounted by a vase-shaped socket, the bases applied with a coat-of-arms with princely coronet above, fully marked
31.5 cm (12½ in) high
882 gr
The arms are those of Prince Massimiliano Massimo (1770-1839), who married Princess Christina, daughter of Prince Saverino of Saxony, and grand-daughter of Augustus III, King of Poland. Prince Massimiliano was one of the patricians held hostage in Paris from 1811 until 1815 (2)