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A Belle-Époque salver
Estimate €450–600
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Estimate €580–750
Portuguese silver (833/000).
Scalloped border, chiselled rim in the Baroque taste with shells, volutes and flowers; on three pierced feet.
Porto hallmark in use from 1938 to 1984 and goldsmith's mark of the same period.
(signs of use)
Diam.: 37 cm
597 g
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