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A French silver wine cooler by Henri Auguste
Estimate
20.000 - 30.000
Session 1
20 July 2026
Description
Silver, fineness .958
Plain body engraved with foliage motifs and a fluted frieze, with engraving of the Noronha Family coat of arms, of the marquises of Angeja
Gadrooned rim
Handles of geometric configuration adorned with foliage
On four claw-shaped feet
Paris charge mark (1783-1789), Paris maison commune mark (1787) and goldsmith's mark of Henri Auguste (1785-1786)
Removable upper neck finial in silver
20th century
(minor signs of wear)
Height: 26,5 cm
2714,1 g
Category
Silver
Additional Information
Provenance:
Commissioned by D. Pedro José de Noronha Camões de Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa (1716-1788), 3rd marquis of Angeja
Thence by descent:
D. José Xavier de Noronha (1741–1811), 4th marquis of Angeja;
D. João de Noronha e Sousa Moniz(1788–1827), 6th marquis of Angeja, died without issue and ceded, in 1840, the Monteiro-Mor estate to the Duke of Palmela;
Collection of the Dukes of Palmela, Marquises of Monfalim;
Portuguese private collection;
Palácio do Correio Velho (6–7 May 2004);
Sotheby's Collection Hubert Guerrand-Hermès, L'hôtel de Lannion (14 December 2023)
Private Collection
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