Estimate

2.500 - 3.500

Session 2

19 October 2016

Hammer Price

Description

Portuguese silver with relief, chiselled and pierced decoration in the Manuelino style, with national symbols, artichokes, floral and architectonic motifs
Centre representing the first catholic mass in Brazil (1500-1501) flanked by figures of Pêro Vaz de Caminha and Bartolomeu Dias, lower part with bust of Pedro Álvares Cabral and the dates 1467-1528 in roman numbers
Suspension hoop at the back
Porto assay mark (1887-1937) and Álvaro Ferreira de Oliveira maker's mark (1919-1957), signed Aníbal Tavares - Lisboa

Diam.: 62,5 cm
2800 g

Category

Silver