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品名（中）	纸刀
品名（英）	Paper knife
入馆年号	1993年，1993.66
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Castellani
创作年份	公元 1858 - 公元 1868
创作地区
分类	金属制品黄金和铂金（Metalwork-Gold and Platinum）
尺寸	10 1/4 x 2 3/4 英寸 (26 x 7 厘米)
介绍（中）	Castellanis的声誉——Fortunato Pio（1794-1865）和他的儿子Alessandro（1823-1883）和Augusto（1829-1914）——主要建立在他们从1863年左右开始生产的古典复兴珠宝上，当时Alessandr在那不勒斯建立了公司的分支机构，直到他去世。然而，早些时候，该公司已经探索了一系列风格，正是这一时期，具有早期基督教、古典和中世纪主题的兼收并蓄的拆封信可能属于这一时期。对称的设计，刀片两侧相同，具有圆形和精心比例的几何隔间，这是Alessandro的朋友Sermoneta公爵的作品的特点，他于1859年为该公司准备了类似的设计。把手两侧的天使让人想起一颗中世纪晚期珠宝上的人物，这颗珠宝显然是亚历山德罗1861年至1862年在英国看到的，已知他复制了五件天使是在ronde bosse上施釉的，这是一种16世纪初开始使用的技术；开瓶器的其余部分是景泰蓝珐琅，景泰蓝由金丝制成。尽管由19个单独的部分组成，但设计和色彩的和谐以及无可挑剔的工艺实现了无缝统一的效果。
介绍（英）	The reputation of the Castellanis––Fortunato Pio (1794–1865) and his sons Alessandro (1823–1883) and Augusto (1829–1914)––rests principally on Classical Revival jewelry they produced from about 1863, when Alessandro established a branch of the firm in Naples, until his death. Earlier, however, the firm had explored a range of styles, and it is to this period that the letter opener, with its eclectic mixture of Early Christian, classical, and medieval motifs, probably belongs. The symmetrical design, identical on both sides of the blade, features roundels and carefully proportioned geometric compartments characteristic of the work of the duke of Sermoneta, a friend of Alessandro's, who prepared similar designs for the firm in 1859. The angels on each side of the handle recall figures on a later medieval jewel that Alessandro evidently saw in England in 1861–62, of which he is known to have made five copies. The angels are enameled en ronde bosse, a technique practiced in the early sixteenth century; the remainder of the letter opener is cloisonné enamel, with the cloisons formed of gold filigree wire. Although constructed of nineteen individual sections, an effect of seamless unity is achieve by the harmony of design and color and by the impeccable craftsmanship.