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Lot 78

AN ITALIAN ROCK CRYSTAL AND 800 STANDARD SILVER-GILT RETROFUTURISTIC CANE
Designed and executed by Fratelli Broggi, Milan, 1915

8 December 2025, 15:00 EST
New York

US$3,000 - US$5,000

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AN ITALIAN ROCK CRYSTAL AND 800 STANDARD SILVER-GILT RETROFUTURISTIC CANE

Designed and executed by Fratelli Broggi, Milan, 1915
The pommel decorated with a symmetrical silver-gilt cage decorated with rock crystal cabochons revealing translucent slices of rock crystal, the collar inscribed A Serge Enrico Cecchetti Venetia 1915, on a Malacca shaft with a metal ferrule.
height overall 33 1/2in (85.5cm); height of handle 3 1/2in (8.9cm); diameter 1 3/4in (4.5cm)

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Provenance
Il Segno del Tempo, Milan;
Collection of Eddi Van Auken, California, purchased from the above November 2016.

Literature
Van Auken, Eddi. Masterpieces: The Eddi Van Auken Collection of Antiques Walking Sticks and Canes. Silvia Editrice, Milan, 2025, pages 360-361, number 280. (illustrated)

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