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    antique italian pietra dura mounted brass and alabaster comport dish 19th c

    Antique Italian Pietra Dura Mounted Brass and Alabaster Comport Dish 19th C
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    Antique Antique Italian Pietra Dura Mounted Brass and Alabaster Comport Dish 19th C

    This is a superb quality antique Italian Pietra Dura mounted, gilt brass and alabaster table-centre comport dish, dating from the late 19th Century.

     
    With striking pierced Neo-Gothic chased brass mounts this splendid alabaster dish is set with six highly decorative pietra dura roundels depicting various floral decoration.
     
     
    It is raised on a sturdy circular brass base.
     
     
    It is a sumptuous piece which will make a great statement in any special room.
     
     

    Condition:
     
    In really excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.
     
     
     
     
    Dimensions in cm:
     
    Height 8 x Width 29 x Depth 29
     
    Dimensions in inches:
     
    Height 3 inches x Width 11 inches x Depth 11 inches
     

    Our reference: A1018
    Pietra dura is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art.
    Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian. In Italian, but not in English, the term embraces all gem engraving and hardstone carving, which is the artistic carving of three-dimensional objects in semi-precious stone, normally from a single piece, for example in Chinese jade.
    The traditional convention in English has been to use the singular pietra dura just to denote multi-colored inlay work. However, in recent years there has been a trend to use pietre dure as a term for the same thing, but not for all of the techniques it covers, in Italian.
    But the title of a 2008 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe used the full Italian sense of the term, probably because they thought that it had greater brand recognition. The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of "hardstone carving (pietre dure)"
    The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both versions on its website, but uses pietra dura. "A method of inlaying coloured marbles or semi-precious stones into a stone base, often in geometric or flower patterns...."
    Giovanni Montelatici (1864-1930) was an Italian Florentine artist whose brilliant work has been distributed across the world by tourists and collectors. Owners of Giovanni's work included Donald Trump.

    Antiques.co.uk Ref: EPH7VBRNJ

    Width (cm):
    29
    Height (cm):
    8
    Depth (cm):
    29

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