A pair of antique silver Venetian candlesticks

The pair of antique Venetian silver candlesticks weigh approximately 354 and 335 g respectively. They are crafted from a basic line of silver foil decorated with bands of palms on a fluted background and another motif consisting of repeated florentine lilies. On the base, the stem, and the final candle holder, we find trademarks of Lombard Veneto Kingdom of the Starry World (a stamp for large works with a secondary silver 800/000 hallmark), as well as the Poppa Ornament mark (a distinctive punch? Certification Office in Milan) and the silversmith Fantini Giovanni working in Venice at San Marco n. 840 around 1811, with a lion mark above the letter F in a circular field. At the bottom inside one of the two, we find a ciappolatura.

See V. Donaver - R. Dabbene, Italian Silver of the 1800s, Milan, 1989, volume II, p. 181.

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