A 19th century Portuguese silver lobed ogee sugar box and cover, maker’s mark indistinct, C

A 19th century Portuguese silver lobed ogee sugar box and cover, maker’s mark indistinct, Coimbra, with a wrythen and calyx finial to the domed cover, on three hoof feet, 13cm (5in) high, 220g (7.1 oz). See de Almeida, Fernando Moitinho ‘Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasilieras’ 1995, p. 40 for the town marks.. Provenance: The Ferguson-Buchanan Family of Auchentorlie, Nr Bowling, Dunbartonshire (they lived at Auchentorlie from the early 1800’s until the house was demolished in the 1970s); by direct descent to the present vendor.

**condition report: Marks rubbed to tops, makers mark indistinctly struck, one leg slightly bent out of true, three areas to interior of body and lid with test scratch marks, lid not sitting level on the rim of body.