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Lot Essay
The arms are those of the Dukes of Savoy.
This plateau was probably supplied by Giuseppe Brusa to Victor-Emanuel I, King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy, who reigned from 1802 to 1821.
Giuseppe Brusa was born in Milan in 1791. He trained in the workshop of his father Eugenio Brusa, a leading Milanese silversmith of the eighteenth century. Although it is not clear when he first registered his mark, he is documented by the 1820s as working with his younger brother Luigi. In 1830 they took part in the Esposizione degli oggetti d'arte e industria where they received a mention for their "great works", both civil and ecclesiastical. His brother Luigi eventually took over the shop in 1849 and was still active in the 1870s (Gianguido Sambonet, Gli argenti milanesi, Milan, 1987, p. 192).
This plateau was probably supplied by Giuseppe Brusa to Victor-Emanuel I, King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy, who reigned from 1802 to 1821.
Giuseppe Brusa was born in Milan in 1791. He trained in the workshop of his father Eugenio Brusa, a leading Milanese silversmith of the eighteenth century. Although it is not clear when he first registered his mark, he is documented by the 1820s as working with his younger brother Luigi. In 1830 they took part in the Esposizione degli oggetti d'arte e industria where they received a mention for their "great works", both civil and ecclesiastical. His brother Luigi eventually took over the shop in 1849 and was still active in the 1870s (Gianguido Sambonet, Gli argenti milanesi, Milan, 1987, p. 192).