Franco Lapini - Large Oval Silver-plated Metal Dish With A Cloche, Depicting A Bird Of Prey With Outstretched Wings

A large oval serving dish with a silver-plated cloche, remarkable for its naturalistic handle depicting a bird of prey with outstretched wings, perched on a leafy branch. The piece illustrates Franco Lapini's taste for sculptural animal figures and his use of traditional casting, chasing, and silvering techniques, inherited from Florentine craftsmanship. Details: Dimensions: L 43 × W 31 cm – H 45 cm. Condition: very good overall condition; minor surface scratches from use. Trained at the Istituto d'Arte Internazionale di Porta Romana, Franco Lapini developed in Florence an ornamental language drawing on Renaissance techniques and motifs, applied to spectacular tableware crafted using artisanal methods.