Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Decorative Arts blades & fork ends are

blades & fork ends are solid sterling throughout

the frame enclosing a beveled arched mirror

Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Blue & White Reticulated Serving Bowl and Underplate

he and the actor Vasily Samoylov (who was an amateur painter) spent some time working on Nargen island

Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Decorative Arts blades & fork ends areA very fine pair of Italian Grand Tour putti bronze statues on Breccia marble bases, circa 1850. One of the nicest pairs of antique Grand Tour bronze putti we have had in a while, the bronzes are very finely modelled in hunting poses. One putti with a fishing pole and a caught fish under his arm the other with a crossbow and pheasant in his hand. The bronzes are both cast by lost wax (cire perdue) method and are beautifully patinated, each stands on a