Italian solid silver tureen with dish, Naples, 1832-1872
Height x diameter tureen: 23 x 26 cm. Dish diameter 29.5 cm. Total weight: 2286 g
of round shape with side handles, rounded body decorated with vertical ribs, embossed and chiselledrepousse with a ‘cocciolette’ motif, duomo-shaped lid with the same decorations and pear-shaped finalwith leaves. Dish en-suite with soup tureen
Hallmarked with the mark in use by the goldsmiths' guild of Naples for a silver fineness of 833/1000 or 10 ounces, in use between 1832 and 1872.