AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT, SILVER, AND HARDSTONE CENTERPIECE
MARK OF ARGENTERIA FIORENTINI & SPERTINI, MILAN, CIRCA 1980
The shaped oval base cast with rocaille and raised on eight boldly scrolled feet, centered by malachite and mounted with various carved hardstone fruits, the central dish with conforming everted scrolls, supported by four gilt pegasi, with lift-off cluster of parcel-gilt fruit including pineapple, pears, pomegranates, and citrus, and applied with additional hardstone fruit and berries, marked on sides of both tiers and leaf of pineapple
27 in. (68.5 cm.) long
AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT, SILVER, AND HARDSTONE CENTERPIECE
MARK OF ARGENTERIA FIORENTINI & SPERTINI, MILAN, CIRCA 1980
The shaped oval base cast with rocaille and raised on eight boldly scrolled feet, centered by malachite and mounted with various carved hardstone fruits, the central dish with conforming everted scrolls, supported by four gilt pegasi, with lift-off cluster of parcel-gilt fruit including pineapple, pears, pomegranates, and citrus, and applied with additional hardstone fruit and berries, marked on sides of both tiers and leaf of pineapple
27 in. (68.5 cm.) long
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