Bidspirit auction | Portuguese silver fruit bowl

Portuguese silver fruit bowl - Fruit bowl on a stand, in 833‰ Portuguese silver. Engraved ‘flower’ decoration, with handles. Hallmark for 833‰ silver used at the Lisbon Assay Office from 1938 to 1984. Mark of the Lisbon silversmith, ‘Manuel Pinto de Lima’, registered in 1931 [no. 689]. Notes: see VIDAL, Manuel Gonçalves; ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de - ‘Portuguese Hallmarks and Goldsmiths’ Marks (1887 to 1993)’, vol. II. Lisbon: IN-CM, 1997.