Estimate

550 - 700

Session 1

9 December 2020

Hammer Price

Description

Portuguese silver, 18th century
Profuse raised decoration of foliage, scroll and shell decoration
On 3 sleeper feet
Pine cone shaped cover of identical decoration
Lisbon assay mark (L-28) for 1755-1790 and maker's mark (L-177) Basílio Pires Querido, referred 1753-1762
(signs of wear, one foot restored)

Height: 18 cm
593 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. 137, 108