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Luigi Budoni (1835 - 1852)
Pair of Italian silver salt cellars, Rome, 1835-1852
Height x width x depth: 7.3 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm; Total weight: 321.5 g.
of circular form, resting on three equine hoof feet with floral festoons supporting cups with removable basins in mercury-gilded silver.
889/1000 silver, hallmarked with the chamber marks in use in Rome after 1815 for 10 ounce and 16 denari silver (889/1000) and with the mark 'L69B' of silversmith Luigi Budoni, licensed master in 1835 and active until 1852, when he returned his hallmark.
Item condition grading: **** good.
The salt cellars are in a good state of preservation with the normal wear and defects commensurate with its age and use over time.
Literature:
Anna Bulgari Calissoni: Maestri argentieri gemmari orafi di Roma, ed. Fratelli Palombi 1987, p. 117 mark No. 321.
Anna Bulgari Calissoni: Maestri argentieri gemmari orafi di Roma, ed. Fratelli Palombi 1987, p. 117 mark No. 321.
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Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, tue 29 October 2024
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