Cruet stand, Silver and ground glass oil cruet - .800 silver - Argenteria Clementi Bologna - Italy - Second half 20th century

Valuable cruet set in silver, made in Italy in the 20th century. Finely crafted, with an elegant design and 2 multi-faceted crystal cruets. All in perfect condition. Total weight (silver and crystal parts) : 1281 grams. Silver net weight: 481 grams. Silversmith hallmark: 1BO (silversmith Clementi, active in Bologna in 1912) . FABBRICA ARGENTERIA CLEMENTI di GIOVANNI MANTEL & C. S. p. A. , renamed CLEMENTI FABBRICA ARGENTERIA Srl (1990) . Established on December, 1st, 1912. The business was originally a subsidiary of the German company Wilkens; it passed to Michelangelo Clementi and later to Giovanni Mantel who resurrected the business after the WWII. The company was acquired by the Buccellati group in the 1980s.