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Nelli Mario & C. - Casa di Benvenuto Cellini
Pair of Italian silver salt cellars, Florence, early 20th century
Height x width x depth: 7.5 x 11 x 3.5 cm; Total weight: 255 g.
of elongated shapes with a geometric shaped base, decorated on the front with six-pointed stars in blue enamel; in the centre a winged female figure on the back of a dolphin flanked by shell-shaped basins with a gilded interior.
Underneath a gilded rhomboid cartouche with the inscription "M. Nelli, Casa di B. Cellini, Florence''.
Apparently not hallmarked, tested with acid and touchstone, they are guaranteed to be silver.
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.
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Objets of Vertu from the Melandri Collections: Art Dรฉco Table Clocks and Salt & Pepper Shakers
Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, tue 29 October 2024
SINGLE SESSION 29/10/2024 Hours 15:00