941
Snuffer scissors with tray
Estimate €400–600
940
Snuffer scissors and tray
Estimate €400–600
Description
Portuguese silver (800/000).
Romantic. Scissors with repoussé and chased decoration of leaves and flowers, engraved monogram on the case. Tray with pierced gallery and repoussé decoration of rose branches and claw feet.
Scissors with Lisbon assay mark (1870–1879) (L-46) and unidentified goldsmith's mark (L-225) and re-struck with the Cabeça de Velho from Lisbon (struck over the goldsmith's mark).
Tray with Lisbon assay mark (1843–1870) (L-44) and the goldsmith's mark of José Anastácio Ribeiro (L-313).
(signs of use, minor defects)
L.: 18.7 cm
317 g
Provenance
Private collection, Estoril
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