GHILLI DI GIOVANELLA PAOLO ADOLFO Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

A stunning Italian gilt copper ewer dating back to 18th century with a circular body featuring a quadripartite decoration defined by the repoussé of a double vertical ribbed frame that frames tableaux decorated with floral scrolls; the background of these sections is finely dotted by chisel tool to underline a very pleasant relief to the embossed parts thanks to the burnishing. An excellent and unique hand-made pitcher, selected in a private collection of Northern Italy. This rare golden jug was created to serve wine during the Eucharistic celebration, the Christian liturgical practice. it is an Italian work of art that dates back to 1700, with a wonderful fire gilding, for collectors. In good age related condition regardless of a small dent in the middle part of the body, consistent with the eighteenth-century dating. The cast handle takes up the motif of the volutes present on the body of the ewer. The spout is closed by a hinged lid with a small floral knob, with minimal deformations near the hinge compromising its perfect closure. In the upper part, there are welding signs...

Coppia di Alzate Portadolci Figurative in Bronzo Dorato e Cristallo Molato e Colorato, Austria Seconda Metà 1800. Deliziosi porta bon-bon realizzati con due putti in bronzo fuso e ...

Coppia Di Vassoi in maiolica italiana Con Decoro Al Mazzolino Verde Manifattura Ferniani Fine 1700 entrambi mostrano un ampio cavetto liscio, apodo, larga tesa, lievi costolature e o...

Coppia Di Piatti In Maiolica italiana XVIII secolo Con Decoro Al Garofano Manifattura Ferniani Faenza dipinti in policromia, nei toni del blu, bruno, giallo, rosso, arancio e verde. ...

Cinque Piatti Sagomati Del 1700 con una decorazione floreale sul bordo. Gruppo di cinque piatti in maiolica, manifattura faentina del secolo XVIII, corpo ovale dal bordo orlato, con ...

Large Maiolica Dish Of The Antonibon Manufacture With Fruit Decoration Circa 1750 in excellent condition of oval shape with mixtilinear edges, bears in the center a fruit decoration ...

Oliera italiana in Argento di provenienza lombarda, della città di Brescia 1812/1872. Servizio da tavola, cestello ovale in argento contenente le ampolle dell'olio e dell'aceto. Su d...

Antique Milanese silver oil cruet consisting of an oval tray supported by four cast zoomorphic paw shaped feet; the edge of the tray is a ribbon decorated by...

A charming and very decorative Italian white ceramic figurative circular centerpiece depicting a group of dwarfs around a palm tree, in a toasting festive attitude. This Italian anti...

Pair of red a blue crystal liquor bottles, with a pear-shaped shape with grinding of geometric engravings on the base and on the body giving a beautiful shine. Silver neck marked wit...

Extremely decorative Italian vase with hand carved fruit, a Renaissance Revival style polychrome fruits and leaves on silvered center vase standing on stepped squared basement measur...

An exquisite pair of early 19th century Berlin KPM porcelain pastille, incense burners, two antique oval perfume containers with pierced lids, pine c...

Antique late-19th century Italian exquisite glass liqueur set, consisting of three liqueur bottles, 3 decanters with stoppers, twelve small glasses arrange...

From Italy a unique set of three 18th and 19th century assorted Italian flat iron trivets used to place hot irons to protect the preservation of tables, cloth and from hot charcoal a...

Elegant decagonal shaped crystal lidded vase, dish plate dating back to Directoire period, finely decorated by elaborate floral and geometrical gilded, white and blue enameled patter...

Pair of 20th century Art Nouveau Italian wall brackets, two hand-modeled, hand painted ceramic brackets with a fine polychrome decoration with half-bust girl and boy figures and flowers. They are a Northern Italy manufacture, unmarked, dating back to the early 20th century in good condition, with minor chips consistent with age and use. A very charming pair of Italian ceramic brackets showing, in the lower part an unusual flower composition surmounted by two half-bust figures, girl and boy with a fine polychrome decoration. Ready to be hanged, this pair of antique wall brackets...

From Milan a 19th century Italian silver and crystal compote bowl in good condition from a private collection. This antique Neoclassical covered compote bowl has a very fine hand-chased vegetal decoration and engraving, a lovely cast engraved silver 800/000 finial and shows silver-maker’s mark for Cristoforo Corbella active in the first half of 19th century in Milan, contrada degli Orefici 3194. This antique silver compote of supreme craftsmanship stands on a three-lobed pedestal base with B L monogram engraved in the central part, features tripod legs decorated with neoclassical motifs, scrolls, flowers, rosettes supporting a circular upper ring adorned with elegant acanthus leafed piercing. Engraved crystal cup and a cover finely engraved with geometrical and vegetal pattern, surmounted by a cast gem finial. The following marks can be seen on the bottom of the foot and the upper edge of the compote, (the original descriptions are reported, as they appear on the documents of the State Archive of Milan): 1) “Forma eptagona. Globo col Zodiaco ed i setti (sic) Trioni” Heptagon form. Globe with the Zodiac and the seven Trioni (seven stars of the Ursa Major) Mark of the Guarantee Office in use in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy from 1812 for works with a title of 800 thousandths. 2) "Aratro" Plow Mark of the Guarantee Office in use in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy from 1812. 3) "insegna della Luna Piena...