Estimate

7.000 - 10.000

Session 2

11 October 2018

Hammer Price

Description

French silver bases chiselled in the rocaille manner with shell motifs, volutes and acanthus leaves, raised on three shell feet with volutes, top engraved with monogam of HRM Queen Maria Pia of Savoy (1847-1911)
Adapted fluted and scalloped crystal bowls
French export assay mark (1878-1973), numbered and Odiot maker's mark (1825-1894), remarked in Portugal with assay mark (1887-1937) and import mark
(small wear signs)

Height: 21,5 cm Diam.: 25 cm
2447 g (prata)

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Maria Pia of Savoy, Queen of Portugal was an avid buyer of decorative arts and jewellery throughout her entire life.
An extensive part of her personal jewellery collection and some pieces of 19th century magnificent silver signed by the most remarkable authors such as Veyrat or Odiot were deposited at the bank as guarantee for the queen's loans.
After the sovereign's death in 1911 the collection was sold at auction in July 1912 at the Bank of Portugal in Lisbon with the support of the new Republican government.
At the silver section lot 4 offered for sale "twenty four crystal bowls with silver bases", the pair now offered for sale was, most probably, part of this larger set.
João Júlio Teixeira