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A bowl with spoon, MAPPIN BROTHERS
Estimate €500–700
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920
A Belle-Époque salver – regatta trophy 1903
Estimate €830–1.400
Description
Portuguese silver (833/000).
Repoussé and chiselled decoration in the rocaille manner, D. José style. Spiral gadrooned ground, chiselled border and friezes with flowers, volutes and shells. Centre with a chased cartouche with the same motifs and at the centre with the engraved inscription "Regata / 13-9-903 / Cascaes".
Porto hallmark in use from 1887 to 1937 and goldsmith's mark of the same period.
(signs of use)
Diam.: 46 cm
835 g
Text
On the 13th September 1903, an important regatta organised by the Liga Naval Portuguesa took place in Cascais, on which occasion this salver was one of the prizes offered to the participants.
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