Estimate

2.500 - 4.000

Session 1

25 March 2026

Hammer Price

Description

Comprising: soup ladle; rice serving spoon; soup spoons; meat forks and knives; dessert spoons, 11 dessert forks and 12 dessert knives
Silver and .833 silver
Rice spoon with Lisbon recognition mark (1887) and silversmith's mark of Porto goldsmith Joaquim Marques; soup ladle with Lisbon assay mark (1822-ca.1843) and silversmith's mark attributable to Francisco António de Almeida (1809-1851)
Meat forks and knives with Lisbon assay marks (1822-ca.1843) and (ca.1843-ca.1870), silversmith's mark of Victor Ângelo Diniz (1825-1857) and remarked with "Old Man's Head" (Portuguese hallmark)
Six dessert forks with Lisbon hallmarks (1887-1937) and (1938-1984), silversmith's marks of Augusto Rufino Pena (reg. 1887), Diamantino Correia dos Reis (1913-1975) and various other silversmiths
Five without Portuguese marks, under Decree-Law No. 120/2017, of 15 September - art. 2, no. 2, paragraph c)
(lacking one dessert fork, signs of wear)

Length: 31,5 cm (colher para arroz)
2755,7 g

Additional Information

Literature:
VIDAL, Manuel Gonçalves; ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de - "Marcas de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses (1887 a 1993)", vol. II. Lisboa: IN-CM, nº 130
ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de; CARLOS, Rita - "Inventário de Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasileiras - Século XV a 1887". Lisboa: IN-CM, 2018, P-424.0; L-41.0a , L-44.0 e L-254.0; L-41.b e L-613.0;
VIDAL, Manuel Gonçalves; ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de - "Marcas de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses (1887 a 1993)", vol. II. Lisboa: IN-CM, nº 82; 260; 1633