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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVER SOUP-TUREENS AND COVERS
MARK OF CARLO BARTOLOTTI, ROME, CIRCA 1790
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVER SOUP-TUREENS AND COVERS
MARK OF CARLO BARTOLOTTI, ROME, CIRCA 1790
Each oval on four caryatid capped fluted tapering legs, the body applied with ribbon-tied husk swags and rosettes and with ram's-mask handles, the detachable covers with vitruvian scrolls between beaded borders and chased swags, with differing finials cast as river gods, each engraved with a slightly differing coat-of-arms below coronet, marked inside and on cover bezel, further engraved underneath with scratchweights
17 5/8 in. (45 cm.) wide over handles
257 oz. 17 dwt. (8,020 gr.) (2)
MARK OF CARLO BARTOLOTTI, ROME, CIRCA 1790
Each oval on four caryatid capped fluted tapering legs, the body applied with ribbon-tied husk swags and rosettes and with ram's-mask handles, the detachable covers with vitruvian scrolls between beaded borders and chased swags, with differing finials cast as river gods, each engraved with a slightly differing coat-of-arms below coronet, marked inside and on cover bezel, further engraved underneath with scratchweights
17 5/8 in. (45 cm.) wide over handles
257 oz. 17 dwt. (8,020 gr.) (2)
Provenance
with Bulgari, Rome, circa 1970.
Literature
C. Bulgari, Argentieri Gemmari E Orafi d'Italia, Rome, p. 107, pl. 6.
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