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Sicilian silver in Malta: an eighteenth-century ciborium in Mdina
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 42-49
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Cruciata, Roberta (Cruciata, Roberta)
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1. Ciborium, by Decio Furnò. 1781–82. Silver, gilded silver and velvet, 69 by 66 cm. (Cathedral Museum, Mdina; photograph Mario Mintoff).
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10. Detail of Fig.1, showing the cartouche with the coat of arms of the Arezzo family.
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11. Tombstone of Fra’ Corrado Arezzo e Zacco. Sicilian(?), after 1782. Polychrome marble, 228 by 107 cm. (Co-Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Valletta; © St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the cherubim’s heads and other decorative elements.
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3. Cartouche nouveau, by Pierre-Edme Babel. Mid-eighteenth century. Engraving, 20.5 by 16 cm. (Biblioteca centrale della Regione siciliana ‘Alberto Bombace’, Palermo, with the kind permission of the Assessorato regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana).
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the mark of Syracuse (an eagle in profile), the consul’s mark, NSC81, and the maker’s mark, DF.
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the consul’s mark, NSC81, and the maker’s mark, DF.
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6. Detail of Fig.1, the mark of Syracuse (an eagle in profile) and the consul’s mark, GACH82.
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7. Detail of Fig.1, showing the consul’s mark, NSC81, and the maker’s mark, DF.
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8. Detail of Fig.1, showing the interior of the ciborium and the later taffeta lining.
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9. Ciborium and throne, by Decio Furnò. 1772–73. Silver, gilded silver, copper and velvet, height 175 by 100 by 55 cm. (S. Marco, Enna; photograph Rocco Lombardo).