Live Auction 5205Christie's Interiors - Master & Makers
A PORTUGUESE SILVER EWER & BASIN
Lot 192

A PORTUGUESE SILVER EWER & BASIN

MARK OF BERNARDO JOSÉ SOUSA LIMA (1789/1819), (ALMEIDA P-201), PORTO, CIRCA 1790

Closed25 February 2014

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GBP 4,750

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A PORTUGUESE SILVER EWER & BASIN
MARK OF BERNARDO JOSÉ SOUSA LIMA (1789/1819), (ALMEIDA P-201), PORTO, CIRCA 1790
Fluted sides with bead borders, ewer with bead-edged scroll handle, the bead girdle around body with occasional rosettes, on pedestal foot, with conforming shaped oval basin with punched bead border again with occasional rosettes
Ewer 12.1/2 in. high (32 cm.), basin 20.1/2 in. long (52.2 cm.)
79 oz. (2449 gm.)

Specialist note

This maker's mark has been re-attributed by Portuguese researchers since it was published in Almeida's Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasileiras