A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVER SOUP-TUREENS AND COVERS
MARK OF CARLO BARTOLOTTI, ROME, CIRCA 1790
Each oval on four caryatid capped fluted tapering legs, the body applied with ribbon-tied husk swags and rosettes and with ram's-mask handles, the detachable covers with vitruvian scrolls between beaded borders and chased swags, with differing finials cast as river gods, each engraved with a slightly differing coat-of-arms below coronet, marked inside and on cover bezel, further engraved underneath with scratchweights
17 5/8 in. (45 cm.) wide over handles
257 oz. 17 dwt. (8,020 gr.) (2)
A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVER SOUP-TUREENS AND COVERS
MARK OF CARLO BARTOLOTTI, ROME, CIRCA 1790
Each oval on four caryatid capped fluted tapering legs, the body applied with ribbon-tied husk swags and rosettes and with ram's-mask handles, the detachable covers with vitruvian scrolls between beaded borders and chased swags, with differing finials cast as river gods, each engraved with a slightly differing coat-of-arms below coronet, marked inside and on cover bezel, further engraved underneath with scratchweights
17 5/8 in. (45 cm.) wide over handles
257 oz. 17 dwt. (8,020 gr.) (2)
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