Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:: 7th July 1925

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/170

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$ee 379 A FWLask—5 in. wide (weight 6 oz. 15 dwt.)—Portuguese, \7th Century Of silver parcel gilt, formed as a barrel and decorated with arabesque foliage and birds in niello work 380 A CENSER—(weight 26 oz. 18 dwt.)—Pertuguese, corca 1600 Of silver, the upper part formed as a building with S-shaped scrolls in relief, and domed top surrounded by a fieur de lys gallery, the whole surface engraved with foliage and strapwork on a matted ground . Hxhibited at the South Kensingion Museum, 1881, No. 477 381 AN EwER—234 in. high (weight 112 oz. 5 dwt.)—Portuquese, 17th Century It has a vase-shaped body repoussé and chased with medallion. heads, caryatid figures, masks and strapwork, and with a mask beneath the spout, the handle formed as an §-shaped scroll chased with a bust Hxlabited at the South Kensington Museum, 1881, No. 460 Exhibited at the New Gallery, 1895, No. 669 382 Four DisHes—16 in. diam. (weight 91 oz. 5 dwt.)—Portu- guese, 18th Century a fountain and strapwork Exhibited at the South Kensington Museum, 1881 383 Two DisHes—18 in. and 144 im. diam. (weight 73 0z.)— Portuguese, 17th Century | One embossed and chased with a Cardinal’s coat of arms and acanthus foliage on a matted ground ; the other fluted and repouss¢é with formal foliage and flowers in panels Exhibited at the South Kensington Museum, 1881 384 A Monstrance—18 in. high—Spanish, circa 1540 Of silver, the upper part of rectangular shape with columns: at the angles, surmounted by figures of saints, the sides set with rondels of glass, surmounted by scrollwork and a crucifix; on vase- shaped stem repoussé with cherubs and circular foot chased with LA PARROCHIA DE SN YSIDRO DE LEon ”’ (“J am of the Parish of St. Isidore of Leon ’’) Exhibited at the South Kensington Museum, 1881, No. 459$

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