919
"Judith and Holofernes" Salver of the Barons of Alvito
Estimate €3.000–5.000
918
A Belle-Époque dessert flatware service, LEITÃO & IRMÃO
Estimate €1.600–2.600
Description
Gilt silver (833/000).
Chiselled decoration in the rocaille taste with scrolls and flowers.
Comprising 12 dessert spoons, 12 dessert forks and 12 dessert knives.
Porto hallmark in use from 1887 to 1937, and two maker's marks: Augusto César Trindade Machado (reg. 1887) and Leitão & Irmão (reg. 1887).
Steel knife blades marked Leitão & Irmão - Lisboa.
(signs of use, rust on the blades)
2,078 g (total weight)
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