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Ilias Lalaounis "Greek Gold" Cycladic Period 900 Silver Gilded Beaker - Cigarette Vase
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Reference: S11229
Period: Elizabeth II
Year: Circa 1978
Silversmith: Ilias Lalaounis
Place: Athens
Price: $ 190.00 Weight: 49 grams Dimensions: 5.7 cm height, 4.5 cm diameter Condition: Excellent.
Description: An Ilias Lalaounis "Greek Gold" Arts & Crafts silver beaker, in 900 silver and gilded with a deep golden colour, with hand hammered planished surface. The beaker is a delight to hold, it is bulbous in shape, with flat bottomed base. This beaker (or small vase) is part of Lalaounis's Archaeological collection, where he made replicas of ancient Greek art, this piece dates to the Cycladic period, 3000B.C. The beaker is clearly hallmarked with Lalaounis makers mark and 900 silver standard mark. The beaker is also accompanied with it's original guarantee certificate, where it is described as a "silver gold plated cigarette vase of Cycladic Period 3000 B.C." This certificate shows a number of Lalaounis outlets, Athens, Mykonos, Rhodes and Corfu in Greece, but also Geneva, Zurich, Liberty's in London Regent Street, France, Vienna and Brussels - showing how successful Lalaounis was. Lalaounis opened a store in New York in 1979, so we know this certificate predates 1979. Wikipedia records that Lalaounis was internationally renowned, famed for his historical Greek collections, in 1990 he became the only jeweler ever to be inducted into the Acadamie des Beaux-Arts. In 1994, he founded the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, located under the Acropolis, in the center of Athens, which is still a popular destination today - he died in 2013.
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Ilias Lalaounis "Greek Gold" Cycladic Period 900 Silver Gilded Beaker - Cigarette Vase
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Ilias Lalaounis "Greek Gold" Cycladic Period guarantee certificate
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Lalaounis "Greek Gold" Cycladic Period 900 Silver Gilded Beaker
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Lalaounis 900 silver hallmark
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Ilias Lalaounis Cycladic Period 900 Silver Gilded Beaker with scale
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