A PORTUGUESE SILVER TOOTHPICK HOLDER
MAKER'S MARK OF JXC, UNIDENTIFIED (ALMEIDA L-385), LISBON, CIRCA 1875
Modelled as a swan standing on a wire-work foliate base and holding a branch in its beak, on square pedestal in turn on an octagonal galleried base on four openwork bracket feet
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
5 oz. (155 gr.)
A PORTUGUESE SILVER TOOTHPICK HOLDER
MAKER'S MARK OF JXC, UNIDENTIFIED (ALMEIDA L-385), LISBON, CIRCA 1875
Modelled as a swan standing on a wire-work foliate base and holding a branch in its beak, on square pedestal in turn on an octagonal galleried base on four openwork bracket feet
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
5 oz. (155 gr.)