AN ITALIAN GOLD CHALICE
Lot 44 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE SIR ARTHUR GILBERT

AN ITALIAN GOLD CHALICE

MARK OF O. PINI, FLORENCE, 1839

Closed19 October 2010

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USD 55,000

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AN ITALIAN GOLD CHALICE
MARK OF O. PINI, FLORENCE, 1839
On shaped circular foot embossed with flowers, symbols of the passion and applied cherub heads, the stem formed as three cherubs standing on a globe and supporting a bell-shaped cup with applied cagework of foliage, cherub heads and rose wreaths, the foot engraved M MADDALENA DIAB DI CIPRO DONO A MONSIGNOR PER. BETUO IL QUALE LO LASCIA A TERRA ESANTA, with a circular paten, marked on foot and bowl, the paten apparently unmarked
The chalice 11 7/8 in. (30 cm.) high, the paten 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diameter; 30 oz. 10 dwt. (952 gr.) (2)

Sotheby's, London, June 5, 2001, lot 261