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A SILVER FRUITBASKET TABLE ORNAMENT, MARIO BUCCELLATI
Buccellati, Mario
In the form of a basket of fruit, the abundant carved and textured arrangement of fruit comprised of pomegranates, oranges, apples, pears, strawberries, figs, chestnuts, persimmons, and bunches of grapes on their stems with leaves, surmounting a covered polished silver woven basket, gross weight--165.75 ozs., 16 x 12 x 11 ins.
Signed M. Buccellati (2)
Buccellati, Mario
In the form of a basket of fruit, the abundant carved and textured arrangement of fruit comprised of pomegranates, oranges, apples, pears, strawberries, figs, chestnuts, persimmons, and bunches of grapes on their stems with leaves, surmounting a covered polished silver woven basket, gross weight--165.75 ozs., 16 x 12 x 11 ins.
Signed M. Buccellati (2)
Literature
For an illustration of this fruitbasket ornament see:
M. Corgnati, "Mario Buccellati, Prince of Goldsmiths", Rizzoli, New York, 1998, p. 151
M. Corgnati, "Mario Buccellati, Prince of Goldsmiths", Rizzoli, New York, 1998, p. 151