
406
An oval dish, MERGULHÃO
Estimate €1.500–2.500
405
Estimate €2.600–4.000
Portuguese silver (916/000).
In the Empire taste, with gadrooned friezes, fluted handles with small acanthus leaves and a fruit-shaped finial on the cover.
Lisbon hallmark in use from 1938 to 1984 and goldsmith's mark of the same period.
(signs of use)
L.: 42 cm
2,636 g
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