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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 698152, member: 4654&quot;]Update just to let you know how things are going .......Ok I&#039;ve had some correspondence with the V&amp;A my first contact was &quot;</p><p>Dear V&amp;A</p><p>Hi, we have tried to do some research into a piece we own and we believe this could be by the Italian carver Pietro Giusti of Siena, we have contacted the University Di Siena and they say they only hold a thesis on Giusti but they were helpful in saying that plate 140 in the &quot;Memoir of Memories&quot; (which is an original manuscript left byPietro Giusti&#039;s wife in 1912 and resides in the Siena municipal library) resembles my piece but only being a university and giving us no titles of the people we spoke with leaves us just as in the dark as we were before we spoke with them. </p><p>You have a piece that is very similar to the piece we own (museum number 7881-1861) although after studying detailed photos of that frame we think ours could be by a different carver. </p><p>Our piece has been hung above an open fire for many years and as a result the wood has darkened, you can clearly smell the coal tar.</p><p>We have studied some of Giusti&#039;s known works and there are many themes that run through each piece that we see in ours. The dragons, fountain, ribboning&nbsp; in picture 1. The birds, snakes, mask, shield, ribboning in picture 2. The dragons, scrolling, beading, birds in picture 3. </p><p>The gilded centre piece is made of bronze backed with red velvet, pictures 4-13 are of the plaque we own.</p><p>We would be happy to send better more detailed photos if needed.</p><p>We thank you in advance&quot;</p><p>Their reply was .........&quot;</p><p>Many thanks for your email. I have had a look at your carving and sent it onto our 19th century curator. Was there a specific question or opinion you would like regarding it?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks&quot;</p><p>I then sent this &quot;</p><p>Thank you for your reply, I have been trying to find out who carved and if (as I suspect) that it was carved by Pietro Giusti? I thought the V&amp;A might just have some records of Giusti&#039;s work as his wife left 4 large books in the Siena municipal library and I wondered if you might have a copy? I think the V&amp;A employed him while he was still alive. </p><p>I know this is a long shot but it would be a lost work of his if it does turn out to be recorded. </p><p>If that isn&#039;t possible then an opinion on who carved it, where and when and any info you can give would be greatly appreciated.&quot;</p><p>They then sent this this morning </p><p>&quot;</p><p>I will most certainly look into this for you, we should have a file on Giusti, and I shall call it up to see what we have. Although we can give you our opinion on your carving we cannot provide an authentication service, but I do hope we can help you out with a little bit more information.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this goes somewhere but if it doesn&#039;t then I have other options, fingers crossed <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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