A PORTUGUESE SILVER TOOTHPICK HOLDER
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT A.F? IN A SERRATED EDGED PUNCH, LISBON, PROBABLY FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The tapering central column pierced with quatrefoils supporting a ball applied at base with stiff-leafage, the finial modelled as a man balancing on one foot holding a cross in one hand and a basket in the other, all on an octagonal galleried base with four bifurcated antler feet
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
4.75 oz. (147 gr.)
A PORTUGUESE SILVER TOOTHPICK HOLDER
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT A.F? IN A SERRATED EDGED PUNCH, LISBON, PROBABLY FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The tapering central column pierced with quatrefoils supporting a ball applied at base with stiff-leafage, the finial modelled as a man balancing on one foot holding a cross in one hand and a basket in the other, all on an octagonal galleried base with four bifurcated antler feet
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
4.75 oz. (147 gr.)
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