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A Portuguese Silver Covered Creamer Or Milk Jug For The Brazilian Market
Estimate: $500-$800
Sold
$500
Live Auction
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description
A Portuguese Silver Covered Creamer Or Milk Jug For The Brazilian Market
Porto, Portugal, Unidentified Maker "JPL," Circa 1836-1843
the lid with lion-form finial, marked twice with crowned "P" mark and marked three times with maker's mark, "JPL."
Height 7 x width 6 1/2 x depth 4 3/4 inches, Weight: 21.055 oz. t.
Condition
overall in great shape, with nice surface- with only minor occasional persistent tarnish to recessed areas, and with only minor dings or dents commensurate with age and honest use; base edge with a slightly dented area, but the creamer sits flat; slight impression where handle bottom joins body
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.