A Large Sugar Urn from Turin
silver, of round form, hexagonal foot, base with sculptural laurel band, fluted wall with spoon holder, urn with openwork body with festoons of roses and foliate décor, three trestle legs with large sculptural half-figures in the shape of boys, insert bowl, domed socket cover with sculptural acorn finial, including 12 spoons, height 32.8 cm, weight 1456 g, master’s mark GB = Giuseppe Balbino, assayer’s mark Giuseppe Vernoni, c. 1780, (Lu)
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silver, of round form, hexagonal foot, base with sculptural laurel band, fluted wall with spoon holder, urn with openwork body with festoons of roses and foliate décor, three trestle legs with large sculptural half-figures in the shape of boys, insert bowl, domed socket cover with sculptural acorn finial, including 12 spoons, height 32.8 cm, weight 1456 g, master’s mark GB = Giuseppe Balbino, assayer’s mark Giuseppe Vernoni, c. 1780, (Lu)
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