ID 1027486
Lot 13 | A PORTUGUESE SILVER-GILT EWER
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
MAKER'S MARK PM IN GOTHIC SCRIPT, 16TH CENTURY
On spreading circular base embossed and chased with Gothic flower buds within foliate arches, the baluster-shaped body similarly embossed and chased and applied with a dragon and scroll handle, the spout similarly shaped as a dragon with spreading wings and holding in its claws a coat-of-arms peint sous verre, the hinged domed cover with foliate finial with crown-form border, marked on foot-rim
20 in. (51 cm.) high
75 oz. 12 dwt. (2,352 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. Frégnac and W. Andrews, The Great Houses of Paris, London, 1979, p. 79, illustrated in situ, p. 80.
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