710
Centrepiece "Deer beside a Palm Tree"
Estimate €300–600
709
A cup, A. L. SOUZA
Estimate €500–700
Description
Tall cup in Portuguese silver (916/000).
Plain decoration with a chiselled and gilt fish.
Lisbon hallmark in use from 1938 to 1984, goldsmith's mark of Augusto Luís de Souza (reg. 1887).
(signs of use, base with plaster filling)
H.: 19.8 cm
403 g (gross weight)
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