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Lot 815

A SMALL IONIAN ISLANDS SILVER LAMPADA

MAKER'S MARK OF DP (IN GREEK CHARACTERS), CORFU (KERKYRA), FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed2 June 2009

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A SMALL IONIAN ISLANDS SILVER LAMPADA
MAKER'S MARK OF DP (IN GREEK CHARACTERS), CORFU (KERKYRA), FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The well with three protruding reservoirs, the urn-shaped cover with three implements dependent, with fine rope-work borders
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high
8 oz. (248 gr.)

Specialist note

Corfu was ruled by the Venetians until 1797. The island changed hands several times between the Turks and the French. It was a British protectorate from 1815 until its union with Greece in 1864.