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flatware from the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Roma
flatware from the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Roma
Calderoni Argenteria
Italy, 1964
alpacca
Italy, 1964
alpacca
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $39,600
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First designed in 1940, Ponti recreated this classical design for the Hotel. This set has been authenticated by and is sold with certificate from Lisa Licitra Ponti. Signed with impressed manufacturer's mark and and impressed with Parco dei Principi monogram to stems: [HPP Calderon Argentato 100 50]. Complete eight-piece place setting for twelve with six serving spoons; 108 pieces total.
exhibited: Gio Ponti: A World, London Design Museum, 2002
literature: Gio Ponti: L'Arte Si Innamora Dell'Industria, La Pietra, ppg. 368-373 discuss commission