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Jug with silver mount

Estimate €300–500

Description

In faience from the Bordallo Pinheiro factory.

With monochromatic decoration in ox-blood colour.

Silver (833/000) mount with the inscription "Depois das sopas molham-se as bocas", Porto hallmark in use from 1887 to 1937 and goldsmith's mark of the same period.

Portugal, 20th century.

Marked and signed A.P.

(signs of use)

18x25 cm

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