Plat de présentation en vermeil, poinçon de maître PP?, Lisbonne, première moitié du XVIe siècle

Estimate

60,000 - 90,000 EUR

bidding is closed

Description

embossed in high relief with putti playing in scrolling leafage and tendrils, smaller border of a queen and her court of animals with human attributes, central disc engraved circa 1670 with English armorials on rim foot with border of stamped X's and thick wire rim
808 gr, haut. 19 cm
26oz, diam 11 1/4 in

repoussé de putti jouant parmi un décor de feuillage et de brindilles, la petite bordure représentant une reine et sa cour d'animaux aux attributs humains, le dôme central gravé vers 1670 d'armoiries anglaises, reposant sur un piédouche avec une bordure ornée de X, se terminant par une épaisse moulure de motifs de corde

Literature

Associated Literature:

Fernando Moitinho de Almeida, Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas E Brasileiras, Imprensa Nacional, 1995

Joaquim Oliveira Caetano et al., Inventário do Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Colecçâo de Ouriversaria Vol I, 1995, no. 19

Leonor d'Orey et al. Royal Treasures, Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisbon, 1992, no. 321

Condition

with general wear and probably regilding. Small hole and two restorations towards the outer part of the dish, another repair between two of the putto figures and one of the putto with gilding missing. Marks are rubbed but still visible. Wonderfully lively and flowing embossing.
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Catalogue Note

Les armoiries sont celles des familles Holt et Boyle.
Ce feuillage si distinct se retrouve sur une aiguière conservée au Palais de Ajuda et sur un calice conservé au Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. Les deux pièces ne portent pas de poinçons. Le poinçon de la ville de Lisbonne présent sur ce plat (Almeida L-5A) est l'un des divers poinçons enregistrés pour la première moitié du XVIe siècle, période à laquelle fut probablement réalisée l'aiguière, contrairement au calice qui daterait plutôt de la fin du XVe siècle, à l'appui des sources documentaires.