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An Italian silver ecuelle and cover, by LM, Turin, circa 1770

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

The plain body with rococo cast handles, the cover repoussé and engraved with medalions and scrolling elements, with a bird shaped finial, marks on body and cover: town and maker’s mark

 

width. 29,5 cm. (11 5/8 in.); weight. 786 gr. (25.27 oz.)

For a similar ecuelle with the same finial, by Giuseppe Vernoni, see Replica Shoes ’s Paris, 4 June 2020, lot 46, an two similar ones are illustrated in a cura di G. Fina, Argenti sabaudi del XVIII secolo, museo di Arti Decorative Accorsi-Ometto, Milan, 2012pp.124-125