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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 87 & 88)
A PAIR OF SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED CAPODIMONTE (CARLO III) PORCELAIN TEA-CANNISTERS AND COVERS
CIRCA 1750, THE FINIALS PROBABLY LATER
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A PAIR OF SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED CAPODIMONTE (CARLO III) PORCELAIN TEA-CANNISTERS AND COVERS
CIRCA 1750, THE FINIALS PROBABLY LATER
The gilt-scroll ground of each reserved with four ogival quatrefoil gilt-band cartouches enclosing landscape vignettes painted in shades of green by Giovanni Caselli with figures by ruins
6 1/8 in. (15.7 cm.) high overall
CIRCA 1750, THE FINIALS PROBABLY LATER
The gilt-scroll ground of each reserved with four ogival quatrefoil gilt-band cartouches enclosing landscape vignettes painted in shades of green by Giovanni Caselli with figures by ruins
6 1/8 in. (15.7 cm.) high overall
Literature
Francesco Stazzi, Porcellane Italiane, Milan, 1964, pl. XXX, where he refers to them as tea cannisters.
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