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Basin

Luigi Maria Valadier, possibly (Rome 1726 - 1785 Rome)

silver-gilt

c. 1780

31.2 cm length

Inscription/Mark (unmarked)

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Place of Creation: Italy

WA2013.1.350.2

Deep oval basin, silver-gilt, embossed and chased at each end with a spray of foliage. Engraved in the centre at a later date with 'MG' in cypher, beneath a baron's coronet.

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.