A PORTUGUESE SILVER-GILT SALVER
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1530-40, THE COAT-OF-ARMS AND FEET PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
A PORTUGUESE SILVER-GILT SALVER APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1530-40, THE COAT-OF-ARMS AND FEET PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY Circular with raised central boss, the three later feet cast as lions sejant attached to the border with foliage-headed screws, the centre repousse and chased in high relief with harpies, winged centaurs and grotesque winged monsters, within scrolling foliage and divided by columns headed by winged figures, the raised central boss chased with further winged monsters flanking urns and with central applied coat-of-arms within laurel wreath, marked on border with later Dutch and French control marks the dish 12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter 37 oz. (1,181 gr.) The arms are those of Portugal quartering León for the family of de Sousa of Prado, Portugal, descendants of an illegitimate son of King Alphonso III of Portugal (d. 1279). The arms are surmounted by what appears to be a marquess' coronet. However, there was little codification of coronets in Portugal prior to the 17th century. The family was elevated from Counts of Prado to Marquesses of Minas in the 18th century. If it were the case that the feet were added to the dish already in the collection of the de Sousa family, it is possible that the dish was made for Don Pedro de Sousa, 1st Count of Prado who died on 23 March 1555. The son of Rui de Sousa, Lord of Sagres and Beringel, ambassador to the Courts of St. James and of Castille, he was a leading Royal councillor, soldier and poet. Alternatively the arms could be those of the Count of Prado's first cousin, Martim Afonso de Sousa. Equally distinguished, he was Governor of India from 1542 until 1545 and a soldier, navigator and one of the first colonisers of Brazil. He died in Lisbon in 1564.
A PORTUGUESE SILVER-GILT SALVER
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1530-40, THE COAT-OF-ARMS AND FEET PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
A PORTUGUESE SILVER-GILT SALVER APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1530-40, THE COAT-OF-ARMS AND FEET PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY Circular with raised central boss, the three later feet cast as lions sejant attached to the border with foliage-headed screws, the centre repousse and chased in high relief with harpies, winged centaurs and grotesque winged monsters, within scrolling foliage and divided by columns headed by winged figures, the raised central boss chased with further winged monsters flanking urns and with central applied coat-of-arms within laurel wreath, marked on border with later Dutch and French control marks the dish 12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter 37 oz. (1,181 gr.) The arms are those of Portugal quartering León for the family of de Sousa of Prado, Portugal, descendants of an illegitimate son of King Alphonso III of Portugal (d. 1279). The arms are surmounted by what appears to be a marquess' coronet. However, there was little codification of coronets in Portugal prior to the 17th century. The family was elevated from Counts of Prado to Marquesses of Minas in the 18th century. If it were the case that the feet were added to the dish already in the collection of the de Sousa family, it is possible that the dish was made for Don Pedro de Sousa, 1st Count of Prado who died on 23 March 1555. The son of Rui de Sousa, Lord of Sagres and Beringel, ambassador to the Courts of St. James and of Castille, he was a leading Royal councillor, soldier and poet. Alternatively the arms could be those of the Count of Prado's first cousin, Martim Afonso de Sousa. Equally distinguished, he was Governor of India from 1542 until 1545 and a soldier, navigator and one of the first colonisers of Brazil. He died in Lisbon in 1564.
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