Estimate

45.000 - 65.000

Session 1

4 March 2020

Hammer Price

Description

Portuguese silver, 18th century
Neoclassical jugs for cold and hot water
Part fluted body of chiselled floral and foliage motifs and beaded frieze decoration
Leaf lid pommel, one of carved wood handle and the other of beaded frieze volute handle
Oporto assay mark (P-15.0) attributable to the guild master for the municipal testing officers João Coelho de Sampaio and José Coelho de Sampaio, for 1768-1810 and maker's mark (P-322) attributable to João Coelho de Sampaio
(restoration to wooden handle close to finger grip)

Height: 48 cm
4778 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Literature:
Inventário de Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasileiras séc. XV a 1887
pp. 219,282
These jugs were included in the exhibition "Ourivesaria Portuguesa & Mestres" at the Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Oporto, June 2007