Cocktail Suit

Ungaro

1980s

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Oval black basalt medallion with relief portrait of a Francesco Albani (1578-1660) facing right. Italian painter who was born in Bologna. The son of a silk merchant who studied as a fellow pupil with Guido Reni first under Calvaert in Bologna, and then under the Carracci in Rome. He enjoyed a considerable reputation in seventeenth century Italy and his works are mainly preserved in Rome, Paris and Bologna.
A vessel in the form of a leafy goblet rests on a square base from which rises a column with foliate motifs, at the top sits an eagle with outstretched wings holding a ring in its beak from which hangs a shallow round bowl on three chains.
Drawer pull with moulded floral decoration
Obverse: Emblems of agriculture and commerce with Brunswick's coat of arms. Reverse: A baby in the arms of an angel.