Live Auction 1527The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection Proceeds to Benefit the Barbara Johnson Foundation
AN ITALIAN SILVER BASIN
Lot 1062

AN ITALIAN SILVER BASIN

WITH ASSAY MASTER'S MARK OF GIUSEPPE CALIFANO, NAPLES, 1695-1698, WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAKER'S MARK ADV, POSSIBLY FOR ANTONIO DE VIETRI

Closed17 July 2014

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AN ITALIAN SILVER BASIN
WITH ASSAY MASTER'S MARK OF GIUSEPPE CALIFANO, NAPLES, 1695-1698, WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAKER'S MARK ADV, POSSIBLY FOR ANTONIO DE VIETRI
Shell shaped and on three cast shell feet, the fluted rim engraved with strapwork and foliage centring a grotesque mask, engraved with initials 'FG' within a shield, marked on side near rim
17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) wide
43 oz. 11 dwt. (1,354 gr.)

Specialist note

The maker for the mark 'ADV' is not known, however, a study of makers listed in E. Catello, Argenti Napoletani dal XVI al XIX Secolo, Naples, 1973, p. 173, suggests Antonio de Vietri is a possible candidate for the mark. He became a master in 1692. Another candidate Stefano de Vietri, was Assay Master in 1692, 1695 and 1701.