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Lot 236
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A PORTUGESE SILVER GILT ROSEWATER EWER AND BASIN, LISBON, 18TH CENTURY

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Description

  • A PORTUGESE SILVER GILT ROSEWATER EWER AND BASIN, LISBON, 18TH CENTURY
the ewer of baluster form with wide spout, the basin of shaped oval form
26cm high, 41cm wide, original fitted box

Provenance

Originally a gift from the Countess of Carnarvon to Sir George Verdon KCMG.
C.B. F.R.S. of Melbourne with an accompanying letter dated June 1896.
Estate of Richard M. Hawker of Bungaree, Clare, South Australia.  And thence by descent.