A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVER ALTAR CANDLESTICKS
MARKED VENICE, CIRCA 1760
Each on a tripartite base cast and chased with acanthus and raised on three paw feet headed by acanthus, rising to a knopped baluster stem chased and engraved with acanthus and supporting a similarly decorated campana form sconce with crimped edge and metal pricket, the base with a boss to each side engraved separately 1756, FURNO FATTI DI CARITA, and A MADONA DEL ROSARIO, marked throughout with city mark, various control marks, and makers mark possibly A · P / I (Pazzi no. 54)
22 3⁄4 in. (57.8 cm.) high
72 oz. 8 dwt. (2,252 gr.) gross weight
A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVER ALTAR CANDLESTICKS
MARKED VENICE, CIRCA 1760
Each on a tripartite base cast and chased with acanthus and raised on three paw feet headed by acanthus, rising to a knopped baluster stem chased and engraved with acanthus and supporting a similarly decorated campana form sconce with crimped edge and metal pricket, the base with a boss to each side engraved separately 1756, FURNO FATTI DI CARITA, and A MADONA DEL ROSARIO, marked throughout with city mark, various control marks, and makers mark possibly A · P / I (Pazzi no. 54)
22 3⁄4 in. (57.8 cm.) high
72 oz. 8 dwt. (2,252 gr.) gross weight
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