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Silver Jardiniere with Swan Busts and Glass Liner, Pietrasanta & C., Italy, 1950

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£3,064.74
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Solid silver vessel in an oval basic form with a wide, bulbous body, offset, domed, round base with hump decoration and palmette decorative strip on the outside of the base ring, hump decoration in the lower half of the vessel body in one step, upper half of the vessel smooth and with a slightly curved edge with raised panels merging in the middle, palmette decorative strip running around the upper edge, in the area of the gradation two raised, widening bundles of branches on the sides, crowned by swan busts with outstretched wings, which, resting on the upper edge of the vessel, serve as handles. Glass insert with a curved upper edge adapted to the edges of the silver body. Total dimensions: height: 22.0 cm / 8.66 in width: 42.5 cm / 16.73 in depth: 24.5 cm / 9.64 in silver weight: 1380 grams / 65.59 troy oz Hallmarked: 800 - fineness '220 AL' in flat hexagon- Italian official hallmark 1944-1968 220 - factory number for GIANNI PIETRASANTA & C., active 1941-1971 AL - for province of Alessandria Condition: very well maintained, silver cleaned and polished, glass liner in best condition
  • Creator:
    Gianni Pietrasanta (Manufacturer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.67 in (22 cm)Width: 16.74 in (42.5 cm)Depth: 9.65 in (24.5 cm)
  • Style:
    Art Nouveau (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1950
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Vienna, AT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1014429538202

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