Lot 186
A silver partial-gilt lidded sugar tin, Roma, Giuseppe Valadier (1762 - 1839)
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Description
Silver, partial gilt inside and out. On three double paw feet. Cylindrical, round box with flared Lippe. Slightly domed slip-on cover with pine cone finial. Three relief lion's head mascarons all-round, connected by garlands. bottom with tremolo stroke, assayer's mark and master's mark. Height: 9.5 cm, weight: 359 gr. – Giuseppe Valadier, goldsmith, city planner, archaeologist and, as of 1781, architect of the pontifical palace. Following the suicide of his father Luigi (1726 - 1785), one of Europe's most distinguished silversmiths, he also continued this skilled craft in the same tradition and quality. One of his projects as an architect was the Teatro Valle, created in 1819; as an archaeologist, he directed the excavations in the Colosseum and the Forum Romanum from 1827 to 1832. Camillo Borghese, Fürst von Sulmona und Rossano (1775 - 1832), joined the French service in 1796, married Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister, in 1803, was accorded the title of Prince of France in 1804, appointed Chef d'escadron of the Imperial Garde in 1805 and Governor General of Piemont from 1808. After Napoleon abdicated, he separated from Pauline and lived in Florence and Rome as of 1818.Condition: I - II Questions about the lot?
