Lot 86
  • 86

A pair of Portuguese silver five-light candelabra, Ourivesaria Alianca, Porto, early 20th century

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver
  • 50.8cm., 20in. high
profusely embossed with bouquets of fruits in foliate cartouches, on four stylised seated griffin feet, applied with tags to the Industrial and Colonial Exhibitions of Lisbon and Porto, 1932 & 1934

Condition

Marks clear to rims of base. Good condition commensurate with age, one drip-pan to central sconce slightly mis-shapen. Both sit flat on even surface.
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