Bidspirit auction | Modern Cup in Hand-Hammered Portuguese

Modern Cup in Hand-Hammered Portuguese Silver - A modern Portuguese silver goblet with a hammered and patinated exterior and a smooth interior. Hallmark for 833‰ silver used at the Porto Assay Office from 1938 to 1984. Mark of the Porto silversmith ‘Júlio Gonçalves Teixeira’, registered in 1955 and cancelled in 1974. Notes: see VIDAL, Manuel Gonçalves; ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de – ‘Marcas de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses (1887 to 1993)’, vol. II. Lisbon: IN-CM, 1997.