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PORTUGUESE OR PORTUGUESE-COLONIAL, MARKS INDISTINCT, PROBABLY LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A MASSIVE SILVER CHARGER
PORTUGUESE OR PORTUGUESE-COLONIAL, MARKS INDISTINCT, PROBABLY LATE 17TH CENTURY
Circular and with a crimped rim, cast and chased in high relief with flowers and foliage scrolls, the centre repoussé and chased and cast with an unusual scene of Diana flanked by two hand maidens standing in a shallow foot bath with Acteon in the background, the back engraved with initials, marked indistinctly near rim
27¼ in. (69.2 cm.) diam.
118 oz. (3,675 gr.)
PORTUGUESE OR PORTUGUESE-COLONIAL, MARKS INDISTINCT, PROBABLY LATE 17TH CENTURY
Circular and with a crimped rim, cast and chased in high relief with flowers and foliage scrolls, the centre repoussé and chased and cast with an unusual scene of Diana flanked by two hand maidens standing in a shallow foot bath with Acteon in the background, the back engraved with initials, marked indistinctly near rim
27¼ in. (69.2 cm.) diam.
118 oz. (3,675 gr.)
Provenance
Purchased in Brazil in the 1920's and by descent.
Special Notice
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