A TAPERING CIRCULAR ICE PALE WITH MATCHING TONGS

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A TAPERING CIRCULAR ICE PALE WITH MATCHING TONGS
unidentified maker's mark, Porto, circa 1900

On speading circular base decorated with a gadrooned band, the lower section of the body decorated with horizontal flutes alternating bands of foliage, the spreading upper section with conforming decoration and applied on either side with lions' mask and drop-hoop handles, the tongs with birds' claw prongs - the pale 14.5cm high (659gr) (2)

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