Coffee and tea service (5) - Silver - 80 cm

Grand tea and coffee service with a tray, in Portuguese silver - 9,920 grams - 80 cm.

Twentieth-century Portuguese tea and coffee service, in 83.3% silver, comprising a coffee pot, teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl with lid, and a large tray. It features the «águia» hallmark, corresponding to the period 1938–1984.

Rococo-inspired set, in the taste of D. José, with raised-relief decoration of shell motifs, vegetal scrolls, acanthus leaves and cartouches. The vessels have bulbous bodies, set on molded and ornamented bases. The handles, with cut-out design, accompany the exuberant decorative of the set, with spouts featuring zoomorphic terminations and lids topped by ornamental finials.

The tray features a contoured cut-out edge, two worked handles, and a broad raised border, combining vegetal and shell motifs with engraved decoration in the central field. The tray’s size and its weight, close to ten kilograms, confer a particularly imposing presence to the service.

- Country: Portugal.
- Period: 20th century, 1938–1984.
- Style: Rococo revival, in the taste of D. José.
- Material: 83.3% silver.
- Composition: five pieces.
- Total weight: 9,920 grams.
- Overall dimensions: 80 × 50 × 35 cm.

Condition: In good condition.