Lot Details
Lot 138
Buccellati Sterling Silver Millennium
Globe
Milan, 2000
The spinning globe mounted in an olive branch with dove final, on a tiger eye quartz base within a banded frame engraved with a quotation from Cicero: "Universus hic mundus sit una civitas communis deorum atque hominum existimanda est" ["The entire universe must be conceived as one community in which both gods and men are citizens"], the underside with title and edition 49/500. Height 9 1/2 inches (23.5 cm), weighted.
C Property of a New Jersey Collector
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
Sold for $2,016 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Generally good condition overall; the join to the base is now broken and loose; clearly marked underside; good detail to decoration
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