Estimate

12.000 - 18.000

Session 1

11 December 2013

Hammer Price

Description

Circular base decorated with two large friezes representing floral and architectonic motifs and cartouches on textured ground; the stem lower part in baluster form decorated in the same laguage as the base and upper part with spiral and textured decoration; large candle guards with similar barroque decoration.
Candle guards and bases with wood filling and iron pivot. Unmarked, Portuguese or Brazilian work of the late 17th, early 18th century.

Height: 62,5 cm
7043,8 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

A very similar unmarked pair sold Silvas, November 1988, lot 266; a very similiar unmarked set of four torchéres sold Silvas, November 1988, lot 234; a very similar pair bearing Lisboa assay mark (late 17th century - 1720) reproduced in BAPTISTA,José marques (Dir.);A Ourivesaria Portuguesa & os Seus Mestres, Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, 2007, pp. 197.