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Lot Essay
This suite of candelabrum formed part of an important service produced for Henrique Teixeira de Sampaio, 1st Conde de Povoa and Barao de Teixeira (1774-1833).
The Conde de Povoa had an illustrious career as a leading merchant and statesman. After studying in England, he began his lucrative business career in that country, increasing his fortune upon his return to Lisbon. He became an important Portuguese statesman with appointments as Minister of Finance and President of the Exchequer and was granted numerous orders.
The Conde de Povoa was a significant patron of Paul Storr. His patronage reflects not only his ties with England, where he studied and began business, but also the strong political and trade ties between England and Portugal.
The service, including the present lot, sold at Christie's, Geneva, April 27, 1976. Dating to 1822-23, the service comprised a pair of soup tureens on sculptural dolphin bases, a pair of larger tureens with mermaid and triton handles, eight salt cellars formed as merman, six campana-shaped wine coolers, a pair of Warwick vases and a table garniture consisting of two four-light centerpiece candelabra, and an eight-light candelabrum on a plateau. The pair of soup tureens on sculptural dolphin bases sold in these Rooms from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, October 20, 1999, lot 206.
As Sampaio's son predeceased him, his fortune passed on to his daughter, Dona Maria Luisa de Sampaio Noronha. In 1836, she married the 2nd Duke of Palmella, Don Domingos de Sousa Holstein (1818-1864). The present lot descended in that family, Casa Palmella, Lisbon.
The Conde de Povoa had an illustrious career as a leading merchant and statesman. After studying in England, he began his lucrative business career in that country, increasing his fortune upon his return to Lisbon. He became an important Portuguese statesman with appointments as Minister of Finance and President of the Exchequer and was granted numerous orders.
The Conde de Povoa was a significant patron of Paul Storr. His patronage reflects not only his ties with England, where he studied and began business, but also the strong political and trade ties between England and Portugal.
The service, including the present lot, sold at Christie's, Geneva, April 27, 1976. Dating to 1822-23, the service comprised a pair of soup tureens on sculptural dolphin bases, a pair of larger tureens with mermaid and triton handles, eight salt cellars formed as merman, six campana-shaped wine coolers, a pair of Warwick vases and a table garniture consisting of two four-light centerpiece candelabra, and an eight-light candelabrum on a plateau. The pair of soup tureens on sculptural dolphin bases sold in these Rooms from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, October 20, 1999, lot 206.
As Sampaio's son predeceased him, his fortune passed on to his daughter, Dona Maria Luisa de Sampaio Noronha. In 1836, she married the 2nd Duke of Palmella, Don Domingos de Sousa Holstein (1818-1864). The present lot descended in that family, Casa Palmella, Lisbon.