Crocodile Skin Picture Frame with Silver Mounts

A large crocodile skin frame with curved silver corners, by Italian brand Malo. Sterling silver, 925, purity mark and post 1968 Italian silver maker's Registration No. of 503 FI, for Italian Florentine silversmith Piero Nutini who also made silver items for Gucci during the 1970s. Original suede covered back and wooden foot that allows the frame to stand in either portrait or landscape format.

Dimensions (as frame is shown):
Frame: 32 cm/12½ inches (height)) x 26 cm/10¼ inches (width) x 1.5 cm/⅝ inch (thick).
Glazed area: 23 cm/9 inches (height) x 17 cm/6⅝ inches (width).