THE BORGHESE SERVICE: A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVER-GILT WINE COASTERS MARK OF SCHEGGI BROTHERS, FLORENCE, CIRCA 1825

Each circular, the borders pierced and engraved with foliage and anthemia, with hippocamps to one side flanking a cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms, and to the the other a pierced rosette, marked on sides
4 in. (10.1 cm.) diameter,
13 oz. (404 gr.)

Provenance
For Prince Camillo Borghese (1775 - 1832), who married Pauline Bonaparte (1780 - 1825), in 1803.
The Borghese Palace Sale; Giacomini and Capobianchi, Rome, 28 March - 9 April, 1892, part of lot 847.
Don Antonio Licata, Prince of Baucina, from 1892.
Ercole Canessa (1868 - 1929), Naples, Italy, after 1892 but before 1924.
With Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick (1872 - 1932), by 1824-1934, sold; American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, New York, 5 January 1934, part of lot 672, 673, 674 or 675.
The C. Ruxton and Audrey B. Love Collection: Magnificent Silver-Gilt including Russian Works of Art and Objects of Vertu; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2004, lot 135.