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A set of silver-gilt flatware, by Giovanni Valadier, Rome, circa 1750-1770

Alternate Warehouse

Estimate

800 - 1,200 EUR

Lot Details

Description

With a shell and foliages pattern, engraved with initials SC surmounted by a crown, featuring a spoon, a fork, a table knife and a tea spoon in two leather cases, marks: town and maker’s mark

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Weight. 187 gr. (6.01 oz.)

Cambi Milano, Argenti da Collezione Italiani ed Europei, 18 November 2014, lot. 137

A.Gonzales-Palacios, I Valadier, Milan, 2019, pp. 42-43.

Giovanni Valadier (1732-1798) is the son of Andrea Valadier, Roman silversmith and the rother of Luigi, the most famous silversmith of the 18th century. He became master in 1762 and worked for various patrons but apparently not for the Pope.

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