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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF PORTUGUESE SILVER EWERS AND TWO BASINS
MARK OF REIS. JUALHEIROS, PORTO, 1886-1938, THE SECOND BASIN MARK OF A. COSTA, LISBON, CIRCA 1880
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A PAIR OF PORTUGUESE SILVER EWERS AND TWO BASINS
MARK OF REIS. JUALHEIROS, PORTO, 1886-1938, THE SECOND BASIN MARK OF A. COSTA, LISBON, CIRCA 1880
Each ewer of baluster form on domed foot cast with scroll and acanthus leaves, the lobed body with cartouches, scroll and acanthus, with everted gadrooned rim and upswept leaf-clad handle, engraved with monogram OF, marked on neck, also stamped on foot; the circular basin with conforming acanthus and scroll decoration, marked on body; together with another shaped circular basin with shell, rocaille and scroll border, marked on body
The ewers 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high; the first basin 18½ in. (47 cm.) diameter; 274 oz. 10 dwt. (8549 gr.) (4)
MARK OF REIS. JUALHEIROS, PORTO, 1886-1938, THE SECOND BASIN MARK OF A. COSTA, LISBON, CIRCA 1880
Each ewer of baluster form on domed foot cast with scroll and acanthus leaves, the lobed body with cartouches, scroll and acanthus, with everted gadrooned rim and upswept leaf-clad handle, engraved with monogram OF, marked on neck, also stamped on foot; the circular basin with conforming acanthus and scroll decoration, marked on body; together with another shaped circular basin with shell, rocaille and scroll border, marked on body
The ewers 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high; the first basin 18½ in. (47 cm.) diameter; 274 oz. 10 dwt. (8549 gr.) (4)