Table service - Silver, Crystal - Silver Cheese Dish
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Selected by Chiara Scotto Pasanisi dei Foscarini
Holds master’s in art business and decorative arts; exhibited at TEFAF Maastricht.
Estimate € 2,800 - € 3,300
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This late-19th-century Portuguese cheese dish combines 833‰ silver with cut crystal and features Louis XVI-style decoration.
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Portuguese silver cheese keeper with cut crystal - 19th Century - Belle Époque.
Elegant Portuguese cheese keeper, late 19th-century work, consisting of a covered container in colorless cut crystal, mounted on a wide base of pierced and embossed silver.
The base, rectangular in shape with a contoured outline, features Neoclassical Louis XVI–style decoration, composed of laurel garlands suspended by ribbons, oval medallions, acanthus leaves, rosettes, and plain reserves. The corners are accented by diagonal bands ending in small flowers.
The crystal container, rectangular with faceted walls, is decorated with stylized floral motifs cut in relief. The lid is topped by an elaborate silver handle, cut and pierced, with garlands, a bow, and vegetal motifs in relief.
With Portuguese hallmark “Javali II,” corresponding to 833 thousandths silver and used between 1887 and 1937.
Origin: Portugal
Period: Late 19th Century
Style: Neoclassical; Louis XVI; Belle Époque
Materials: Silver 833 thousandths and cut crystal
Mark: Javali II, in use 1887–1937
Total weight: 1380 grams
Dimensions: 18 × 34 × 30 cm
Condition: Good overall condition.
Portuguese silver cheese keeper with cut crystal - 19th Century - Belle Époque.
Elegant Portuguese cheese keeper, late 19th-century work, consisting of a covered container in colorless cut crystal, mounted on a wide base of pierced and embossed silver.
The base, rectangular in shape with a contoured outline, features Neoclassical Louis XVI–style decoration, composed of laurel garlands suspended by ribbons, oval medallions, acanthus leaves, rosettes, and plain reserves. The corners are accented by diagonal bands ending in small flowers.
The crystal container, rectangular with faceted walls, is decorated with stylized floral motifs cut in relief. The lid is topped by an elaborate silver handle, cut and pierced, with garlands, a bow, and vegetal motifs in relief.
With Portuguese hallmark “Javali II,” corresponding to 833 thousandths silver and used between 1887 and 1937.
Origin: Portugal
Period: Late 19th Century
Style: Neoclassical; Louis XVI; Belle Époque
Materials: Silver 833 thousandths and cut crystal
Mark: Javali II, in use 1887–1937
Total weight: 1380 grams
Dimensions: 18 × 34 × 30 cm
Condition: Good overall condition.
Details
Era
1400-1900
Style subtype
Louis XVI
Gross weight
1380 g
Title additional information
Silver Cheese Dish
Material
Crystal, Silver
Country of origin
Portugal
Style
Antique
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
18 cm
Width
34 cm
Depth
30 cm
Estimated period
1850-1900
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