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Gentlemen, you may smoke - Pullman Gallery

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Lighting Up<br />

Fratelli Cacchione: a stunning pair of ‘palazzo’ candelabra of massive<br />

proportions made by renowned Milanese silversmiths Cacchione<br />

reputedly as a wedding gift for Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of<br />

Monaco, in 1956, each set on an octagonal foot with eight corresponding<br />

branches. Signed Fratelli Cacchione, Italian, circa 1950s. Ref 4796<br />

Height of each: 27 inches (69 cms).<br />

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PULLMAN Issue No: 40<br />

Note: the House of Cacchione was founded in Florence in 1889 and<br />

relocated to Milan in 1933. Their illustrious clientele has included Royal<br />

houses, Heads of State and important corporate bodies, for whom they<br />

have crafted magnificent, unique works of art, notably a silver model of<br />

the Montreal Olympic Stadium presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II, silver<br />

bonbonnières and other tableware as wedding gifts for the wedding of<br />

Prince Rainier of Monaco and Grace Kelly, and superb architectural and<br />

military models for the House of Saud.

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