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A Portuguese silver bread tongs
Estimate
150 - 300
Session 1
26 October 2026
Description
Silver, fineness .833
Blade decorated with a pierced flower, arms in the form of stylised branches with a central rosette
Porto hallmark (1887-1937) and goldsmith's mark of Júlio Ernesto da Silva (1896-1973)
Length: 28 cm
167,6 g
Additional Information
Provenance:
Exhibitions:
Literature:
VIDAL, Manuel Gonçalves; ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de - "Marcas de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses (1887 a 1993)", vol. II. Lisbon: IN-CM, nos. 73 and 2169
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