Auction 155 Antiques & Works of Art, Silver & Jewellery

456

A pair of D. José period skirted candlesticks


Estimate

3.000 - 5.000


Session 2

16 December 2025



Description

Silver, with baluster-form shafts and spiral and cut-out decoration. Lisbon assay mark (1755-1790), silversmith's mark of Eugénio José Pereira (1755-1812) and remarked with "Old Man's Head" (Portuguese hallmark). Later Portuguese silver bobeches without hallmarks, under Decree-Law No. 120/2017, of 15 September - art. 2, no. 2, paragraph c) (signs of wear)

Height: 25,5 cm
736,6 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-28.0 e L-241.0



Closed Auction