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An Italian gilt and patinated bronze and silver mounted figural oil lamp, second quarter 19th century

STAMPED GB FOR GIOVACCHINO BELLI TO THE BASE

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An Italian gilt and patinated bronze and silver mounted figural oil lamp, second quarter 19th century
Stamped GB for Giovacchino Belli to the base
The reservoir cover with swan finial, the bowl hung with four chains of a chatelaine held in the mouths of lions' masks, held aloft by a figure of Mercury after Giambologna, supported above a nimbus on a spreading fluted circular base, above a square marmo nero Belgio base, restorations, parts probably later
27in. (68.6cm.) high

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, Philip Wilson Publishers Limited 1991, page 127 plates 425 and 426

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