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Carlo Balbino
Italian sterling silver chamber candlestick , 1824-1872
Height x width x diameter: 8 x 16 x 12 cm. Weight 224.5 g.
of circular form with palmette perimeter decoration, side handle with heart-shaped thumbpiece.
Hallmarked with the marks for silver at the first fineness of 950/1000 in use in Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia, from 1824 to 1872, silversmith Carlo Balbino with the mark within a lozenge a lion with the letters 'C' above and 'B' below.
Item condition grading: **** good.
Literature:
V. Donaver-R. Dabbene, Argenti italiani dell'ottocento, vol. II punzoni di argentieri italiani, Milano 1989, p. 77, n. 166.
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Silver, Ivory, Coral and Objects Art from important private collections
Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, thu 23 May 2024
SINGLE SESSION 23/05/2024 Hours 15:00