An Italian silver double-handled coffee pot by Giovacchino Belli, Roma, after 1795, after a model by Valadier
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September 25, 05:46 PM GMT
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10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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An Italian silver double-handled coffee pot by Giovacchino Belli, Roma, after 1795, after a model by Valadier
on a square base, shaped as a covered vase, the foot decorated with a laurel garland, the body with large foliages, the center applied with Medusa's head, the two handles with a large faun’s head used as a spout, the cover with a spinning top, marks on foot rim: town, maker’s mark and an illegible “GP?” mark; on the cover: import mark
Height. 35 cm. (13 ¾ in.); weight. 1053 gr. (33.85 oz.)
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Italian private collection
Sotheby’s Paris, 25 November 2010, lot 177
This coffee pot is a variation on the model created by Giuseppe Valadier for Monsignor Odescalchi's service in 1795. Valadier produced a large silver service for Antonio Maria Odescalchi (1763-1812), son of Prince Livio and Vittoria Corsini, whose ancestors included popes. Antoine began an ecclesiastical career that took off when he was appointed apostolic nuncio to Florence in 1795. It was probably on this occasion that he commissioned this important set with its innovative decoration, including a coffee pot with the distinctive feature of using handles shaped like mask heads as spouts. A coffee pot from this set is now kept in a private collection. Our object features the same spout handle system but with a simpler decoration on the body, featuring a Medusa head, another decorative motif dear to the Valadier family, on a plain body.
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