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186 - A silver, partially gilded lidded sugar tin, Rome, Giuseppe Valadier (1762–1839)
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A silver, partially gilded lidded sugar tin, Rome, Giuseppe Valadier (1762–1839) Silver, partially gilded inside and out. On three double-paw feet. Cylindrical, round tin with a flared rim. Slightly domed slip-on lid with a pine nut knob. On the reverse, three relief lion heads connected by garlands. Underside bears a tremoliere line, hallmark, and master’s mark. Height: 9.5 cm, Weight: 359 g – Giuseppe Valadier, goldsmith, urban planner, archaeologist, and, from 1781, architect of the Papal Palace. Following the suicide of his father Luigi (1726–1785), one of Europe’s most renowned silversmiths, he continued this craft in the same tradition and with the same quality. As an architect, he designed, among other works, the Teatro Valle in 1819; as an archaeologist, he directed, among other projects, the excavations at the Colosseum and the Roman Forum from 1827 to 1832. Camillo Borghese, Prince of Sulmona and Rossano (1775–1832), entered French service in 1796 and married Pauline Bonaparte in 1803, Napoleon’s favorite sister, was granted the title of French prince in 1804, was appointed chef d’escadron in the Imperial Guard in 1805, and served as Governor-General of Piedmont beginning in 1808. After Napoleon’s abdication, he separated from Pauline and lived in Florence and Rome beginning in 1818. Condition: I–II
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