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[COUNT DOMENICO MATTEI] Silver service set (800) uniplat mod…
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[COUNT DOMENICO MATTEI] Silver service set (800) uniplat mod…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
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Description
[COUNT DOMENICO MATTEI]
Silver service set (800) uniplat model, engraved "DM" comprising :
- 6 table spoons.
- 5 table forks.
- One ragout spoon.
- 3 coffee spoons.
Goldsmith's hallmark "GL", active in Corsica.
Total weight : 796 g.
Wear and tear.
Provenance: Private collection Mattei family, Centuri.
Domenico Mattei alias Domingo (1783-1868) was the eldest son of Count Paolo Mattei, deputy for Corsica at the assembly of notables in Paris in 1789 and the King's commissioner in Corsica in 1790. After emigrating to Puerto Rico around 1803, he returned to Corsica in 1811 and built himself a house in Centuri.
Exhibition: "Palazzi di l'Americani. Les palais des Corses américains" (collective work), Musée de la Corse/Albiana, 2017, p. 125, cat. 17.
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