Neoclassical Style Patinated Metal Centerpiece Tazza
Neoclassical Style Patinated Metal Centerpiece Tazza
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Beautiful antique Victorian style tazza featuring an octagonal top with openwork scrolls, rosettes, and classical motifs. Originally intended as a centerpiece or comport for fruit, calling cards, or sweet meats.
Beautiful antique Victorian style tazza featuring an octagonal top with openwork scrolls, rosettes, and classical motifs. Originally intended as a centerpiece or comport for fruit, calling cards, or sweet meats.
6.25"h x 11"diam
6.25"h x 11"diam
Tazzas, or elevated serving dishes, trace their origins to Renaissance Italy, where they were used to present fruit, sweetmeats, nuts, and other delicacies at the table. Often set on a stem or pedestal foot, they combined practical function with display and were produced in materials ranging from silver and maiolica to glass, porcelain, and later decorative metals. By the 18th and 19th centuries, tazzas had become popular throughout Europe as elegant table and cabinet objects, prized as much for their sculptural form as for their usefulness.
Tazzas, or elevated serving dishes, trace their origins to Renaissance Italy, where they were used to present fruit, sweetmeats, nuts, and other delicacies at the table. Often set on a stem or pedestal foot, they combined practical function with display and were produced in materials ranging from silver and maiolica to glass, porcelain, and later decorative metals. By the 18th and 19th centuries, tazzas had become popular throughout Europe as elegant table and cabinet objects, prized as much for their sculptural form as for their usefulness.
Late 19th - Early 20th C (1880-1920)
Late 19th - Early 20th C (1880-1920)
Likely a spelter (zinc alloy) with bronzed finish
Likely a spelter (zinc alloy) with bronzed finish
Likely Continental Europe; acquired via Austin, TX auction house
Likely Continental Europe; acquired via Austin, TX auction house
Normal antique age-related wear.
Normal antique age-related wear.