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A Portuguese Silver Round Footed Tray For the Brazilian Market
Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Passed
Live Auction
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description

A Portuguese Silver Round Footed Tray For the Brazilian Market

Porto, Portugal, Circa 1836-1843


marked with crowned "P" mark and marked twice with maker's mark, "APC."

Height 3 x diameter 19 inches, Weight: 95.73 oz. t.

Provenance
Provenance:Acquired in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by James Whittlesey Beswick Purchas (1853-1905) and Emma Louise Thorsen (b. 1862),Thence by descent to their daughter, Dorothy Purchas (1891-1962),Thence by descent to her daughter, Anne Atlee Jenkins (1923-2023),Thence by descent to the present consignor, Haddonfield, New Jersey.