Goldsmith company EREDI MAZZETTI di PANDINI EVELINA o GAVIRATI EGIDIO S.a.S. Milano, Pair of figures - Roman goddesses Cerera and Pomona

Pr. 800 silver, bronzed, malachite; marble;
Height of figures with base 21 cm (pedestal alone ca 5.9 cm) and 20.2 cm (pedestal 6.2 cm);
Weight of the higher figure 380 g, the lower 369 g.
Italy, Milan, Via S. Maria Valle, 7 Milano, (factory active 1937-1971), 2nd third of 20th century.
Female figures in ethereal antique robes: Cerera, the goddess of the harvest, with agricultural attributes: a sheaf of grain and a sickle, and Pomona, the goddess of orchards and gardens, with a basket of fruit Marble plinths draped with malachite tiles (one corner chipped). On the back on both figurines Italian (Milanese) punches for sterling silver, introduced in 1934 and in force until 1964.