A monumental Italian sterling silver basin, post 1968 Alessandria, with maker's mark of a crown above an A, of oval lobed form embellished with shells, leafy forms and bursting fruits, having a textured ribbed collar and a pierced acanthus and anthemion rim, with decorated scroll handles and raised on a conforming base and four feet; hallmarked to interior rim, silver weight 4520gr height 28.5 cm, length 68 cm, width 35 cm