Estimate

800 - 1.200

Session 1

9 December 2020

Hammer Price

Description

Plain pear shaped body, leaf detail to spout and shell to base
Carved wooden handle and flame lid pommel
On three sleeper feet
Lisbon hallmark for 917/1000 (XI Dinheiros), datable to 1720-1770 and maker's mark (L-177.0) Basílio Pires Querido (1753-1762)
Later marked Boar (833/1000)

Height: 16 cm
620 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Literature:
F. Moitinho de Almeida/Rita Carlos
"Inventário de Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasileiras"
séc. XV a 1887
pp. 115, 137