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An Italian Baroque figural holy water stoup, unmarked, Roman School, probably early 18th Century,

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Lot 33
An Italian Baroque figural holy water stoup, unmarked, Roman School, probably early 18th Century,

Sold for £ 23,500 (US$ 32,316) inc. premium

Fine Silver and Vertu

21 Mar 2003, 10:30 GMT

London, New Bond Street

An Italian Baroque figural holy water stoup,
modelled as an angel, one arm raised, it's other arm resting on a shell supported by a putto, on a parcel-gilt pedestal base with diaperwork surface, the silver stand coated with copper underneath the gilding, the stand applied with straps and swags, the front with a shield depicting the Borghese arms.

Footnotes

  • The angel figure and scrollwork decoration recall the decoration on the copper-gilt and porphyry tabernacle by Giovanni Giardini, Rome, 1711, at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, see page 120 "Goldsmiths & Silversmiths" by Hugh Honour, published 1971; also the drawings of Alessandro Algardi, see page 147 "Gli Argenti Romani" by Salvatore Fornari, published 1968.
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