19th Century Italian Sterling Silver Glass and Wine Coasters, Circa 1835

Twelve silver glass coasters and four silver wine coasters.
Silversmith Antonio Mantelli
Milan, circa 1830
They measure:
Glass coasters: 0.78 in high x 3.46 in diameter (2 cm x 8.8 cm)
Wine coasters: 0.86 in high x 5.24 in diameter (2.2 cm e 13.3 cm)
Weight: 1.83 lb (834 g)
State of conservation: slight dents and defects due to use.

Each glass coaster or wine coaster has a circular shape with a vertical brim adorned with a continuous, perforated pattern of linked palmettes. The rim is everted and decorated with lance-shaped leaves interspersed with tiny beading. At the center of the support surface is a continuous crown of leaflets in relief arranged in a V-shape.

Each of the sixteen pieces bears three marks under the base:

1)“Forma eptagona. Globo col Zodiaco ed i setti (sic) Trioni.”
Heptagon form. Globe with the Zodiac and the seven Trioni (seven stars of the Ursa Major).
Mark of the Guarantee Office in use in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy from 1812 for works with a title of 800 thousandths.
2) Aratro. Plow.
Mark of the Guarantee Office in use in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy from 1812.
3) Dragon and letters AM.
Mark of the silversmith Antonio Mantelli, active between 1830 and 1839.

Reference bibliography:
V. DONAVER - R. DABBENE, Punzoni degli argentieri milanesi dell'800, Milano, 1985;
G. SAMBONET, Gli Argenti Milanesi, Milano, 1987.