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An important pair of door plates and handles
Estimate
750 - 1.100
Session
5 July 2016
Hammer Price
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Relief, scalloped and chiselled silver plates of very large dimension decorated with scrolls and floral motifs
Cut-crystal handles with "millefiore" decoration with large red flower and green leaves, framed by colored "millefiori"
French work of the mid-19th century
Handles marked F.C. Jne
(wear signs, small defects)
Height: 36 cm
Diam.: 6 cm
448 g (prata)
Category
Silver
Additional Information
These pieces are most probably from the palace of Conde do Bolhão in Oporto.
Built after 1844 the palace was one of the most luxurious residences of the romantic period in that city.
The Bolhão balls became famous and inspired the great writer Camilo Castelo Branco, protégé of the count.
The Portuguese Royal Family slept there twice.
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