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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9503553, member: 5833"]Hello, Andy. Welcome to Antiquers. You have set an intriguing puzzle for me. If you had said you have a plaster cast of the lower ivory relief, with the dance still in progress, I would have known just where to direct your attention. A company that called itself the Giust Gallery made a huge catalog of plaster casts of art works, architectural details, etc. I'm getting scrambled corporate history from the Internet, but the Giust Gallery was absorbed into Caproni Co., now the Caproni Collection, although under other ownership.</p><p><br /></p><p>Giust/Caproni still produce casts of the putti dancing to a piper and its fellow, putti playing with a dog:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]449588[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you would like a mate for your cast: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.capronicollection.com/products/cupids-dancing" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.capronicollection.com/products/cupids-dancing" rel="nofollow">https://www.capronicollection.com/products/cupids-dancing</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.capronicollection.com/products/cupids-dancing-with-dog" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.capronicollection.com/products/cupids-dancing-with-dog" rel="nofollow">https://www.capronicollection.com/products/cupids-dancing-with-dog</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A selection of back catalogs is available on line:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.capronicollection.com/pages/historic-catalogs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.capronicollection.com/pages/historic-catalogs" rel="nofollow">https://www.capronicollection.com/pages/historic-catalogs</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I confess to not having gone through them all page by page, so perhaps that's why I have not seen a listing for a cast of the ivory relief that interests us both more (I own the ivory). I have assumed that if it were in the collection it would be listed adjacent to the other two. But the existence of the plaque you own has to make one wonder.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest we continue the conversation privately, although, because you cannot upload photos to PMs, only download, would appreciate a photo of your piece in a reply here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9503553, member: 5833"]Hello, Andy. Welcome to Antiquers. You have set an intriguing puzzle for me. If you had said you have a plaster cast of the lower ivory relief, with the dance still in progress, I would have known just where to direct your attention. A company that called itself the Giust Gallery made a huge catalog of plaster casts of art works, architectural details, etc. I'm getting scrambled corporate history from the Internet, but the Giust Gallery was absorbed into Caproni Co., now the Caproni Collection, although under other ownership. Giust/Caproni still produce casts of the putti dancing to a piper and its fellow, putti playing with a dog: [ATTACH=full]449588[/ATTACH] If you would like a mate for your cast: [URL]https://www.capronicollection.com/products/cupids-dancing[/URL] [URL]https://www.capronicollection.com/products/cupids-dancing-with-dog[/URL] A selection of back catalogs is available on line: [URL]https://www.capronicollection.com/pages/historic-catalogs[/URL] I confess to not having gone through them all page by page, so perhaps that's why I have not seen a listing for a cast of the ivory relief that interests us both more (I own the ivory). I have assumed that if it were in the collection it would be listed adjacent to the other two. But the existence of the plaque you own has to make one wonder. I suggest we continue the conversation privately, although, because you cannot upload photos to PMs, only download, would appreciate a photo of your piece in a reply here.[/QUOTE]
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