Bidspirit auction | Neoclassical Oval Fruit Bowl in

Neoclassical Oval Fruit Bowl in Portuguese Silver - Fruit bowl with a predominantly plain design, engraved with ‘flowers’, featuring handles and a square base, in the late Neoclassical style, made of 833‰ Portuguese silver. Hallmark for 833‰ silver used at the Porto Assay Office from 1938 to 1984. Mark of the Porto silversmith, “Joaquim do Nascimento Bastardo”, registered in 1961 [no. 3116]. Notes: see VIDAL, Manuel Gonçalves; ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de – ‘Portuguese Hallmarks and Goldsmiths’ Marks (1887 to 1993)’, vol. II. Lisbon: IN-CM, 1997.