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A tureen, SARMENTO
Estimate €3.100–4.500
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Tea and coffee service, MANUEL ALCINO for MERGULHÃO
Estimate €2.900–3.500
Description
Portuguese silver (916/000).
Decoration in the D. João VI taste, claw-and-ball feet with leaf finials, chased duck-spout nozzles, handles in rosewood and chased silver with fantastic figures.
Comprising: teapot, coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl.
Porto hallmark in use from 1938 to 1984, maker's mark of silversmith Manuel Alcino de Carvalho Moutinho (1936–1987) and trade mark of the silversmith's Mergulhão, Lisboa.
(signs of use, coffee pot with dents)
H.: 28 cm (coffee pot)
3,074 g
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