ANTONELLA CAPITANIO – MARIO FAVILLA: UN ARGENTIERE LUCCHESE CON UNO SGUARDO STORICO

13 Novembre 2021

A notebook with dates ranging from 1923 to 1937 gives evidence of the historical attention by the lucchese silversmith Mario Favilla (1899-1959), who took notes and drawings of the guarantee marks that he found impressed on ancient silverware entrusted to him for cleaning or restoration: a type of attention not widespread in Italy at the time, which allows to know the author of objects, in some cases now even lost.

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