Estimate

12.000 - 18.000

Session 2

28 June 2017

Hammer Price

Description

Portuguese silver, ca. 1900
Exceptionally chiselled in the rocaille manner with shell motifs, volutes, floral and architectonic motifs; the bases with sculpted putti and garlands
Detachable candle holders
Lisboa assay mark (1887-1937), Leitão & Irmão maker's mark, 1st standard and signed Leitão & Irmão
(wear signs, some screws with defects)

Height: 56 cm
15116 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Executed by the crown jewellers around 1900 the design of this pair of candelabra is - if not by the hand of Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro himself - extremely inspired by the projects of the Barahona table service, possibly the most impressive work by the house of Leitão & Irmão.
The similarities between the candelabra now offered for sale and the ones designed by Columbano in 1894 and chiselled by Augusto Luiz de Sousa helped by Francisco Inácio Cardoso are obvious.
Examples of Portuguese silver of this size and quality are extremely rare in the market
João Júlio Teixeira, GD