A MATCHED PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY STYLE ITALIAN SILVER WINE COOLERS, PROBABLY MILAN, 1944-68 |

the design after a pair of 18th century Genoese examples; inverted baluster bodies applied with fruiting vine swags and garlands, the handles cast as stylised climbing poodles, leaf and ribbon embellished reeded rims, each on a gadrooned spreading circular foot, one stamped 'STERLING', the other '900'

One with indecipherable makers/retailers signature. One with gilt interior. Nice heavy gauge and crisp condition.
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The comparable pair to these are marked for Genoa, 1777 and are now held in the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (LOAN:GILBERT.745-2008). Before this they were sold Sotheby's, New York, 13 December 1984, lot 22 where they were purchased by S.J. Phillips Ltd.