A PORTUGESE MARKET ARMORIAL SALT

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A PORTUGESE MARKET ARMORIAL SALT
Third quarter 18th century
Of shaped rectangular outline with an octagonal base enamelled with garlands of pink and yellow roses, the center painted with the arms of Meneses, Noronha, Coutinho in a rich famille rose palette beneath a coronet
3¼in. (8.3cm.) wide

Lot Essay

An identical salt formerly in the collection of José Maria da Fonseca is illustrated by J. Veiga, Chinese Export Porcelain in Brazilian Collections, p. 222. See also N. de Castro, op. cit., for a history of Dom Diogo José Vito de Meneses Noronha Coutinho (1739-1803), who ordered this service and later accompanied Princess Maria Leopoldina to Brazil for her wedding to Dom Pedro I of Portugal and Brazil

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