Estimate

20.000 - 25.000

Session 1

25 March 2026

Hammer Price

Description

Silver ewer and basin with Baroque decoration featuring pearl borders and relief cartouches with intricate elements. The ewer with spiralled and gadrooned body terminating in chiseled decoration simulating a shell, and caryatid-form handle. Both pieces engraved with marriage arms, possibly of João de Mesquita e Silva de Avilez (?-1735) and Joana Maria Luísa Mascarenhas Pereira (?-?), the first divided per pale with: I - Avilez, II - Mesquita, III - Silva; the second quartered with I - (?), II - Brito, III - Pereira, IV - (?). Lisbon assay mark (1727-1755) and goldsmith's mark attributable to Manuel de Couto da Veiga (1706-1722) (signs of wear, minor defects)

63x45,5 cm (lavanda)
Height: 36 cm (gomil)
4602,2 g

Additional Information

Literature:
ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de; CARLOS, Rita - "Inventário de Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasileiras - Século XV a 1887". Lisboa: IN-CM, 2018, L-25.0 e L-487.0