Cabanes de pecheurs sur les cotes d'Italie by Adolphe Appian (c. 1885)Etching printed on paper of boats moored at a quay, titled "Cabanes de pecheurs sur les cotes d'Italie" or "Fisherman's huts on the coast of Italy". Appian was born 1818 in the South of France, studied at the cole nationale suprieure des beaux arts in Lyon, then in Paris under the tutorship of Corot & Daubigny. He became a leading artist of the Barbizon School, employing several media, chiefly oil on canvas, etching, and charcoal. Appian won numerous

thus its name "bird of happiness

Old English Georgian sterling silver ladle with shell bowl and engraved with an eagle on the handle

Dimensions: 11-7/8” W x 11-5/8” D x 19-3/4” H

Condition: Color has faded somewhat and there are some areas of marks and staining

Volaire first depicted the volcano when it erupted once again in 1771

Condition: Overall fair condition

SKU: 4592

and dated in graphite in the work: 62/100

The print has been professionally conserved and mounted with acid-free rag board in a pie crust molding

This is a rare form

Pair of silvered brass verrière wine rinsers with applied cast brass handles

The basket is finished in a red lacquer with two contrasting darker rattan bands