A French silver serving dish from the Marquês de Angeja service, Henri Auguste, Paris, 1787, Paris, circa 1787,

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

January 18, 02:44 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the collection of the late Visconde de Lançada

A French silver serving dish from the Marquês de Angeja service, Henri Auguste, Paris, 1787, Paris, circa 1787,

oval, with a gadroon border, engraved with the coat-of arms of Noronha, marquess coronet and Order of Christ

41cm., 16in. long

1402gr., 45oz.

D. Jose Xavier de Noronha Camões de Albuquerque de Sousa Moniz, 4th Marquess of Angeja (1741-1811);

Probably incorporated in the Palmela Collection after the acquisition of Palácio do Monteiro-Mor, Lisbon in 1840 by the Duques de Palmela;

With the Duques de Palmela and thence by descent.

Maria Holstein Campilho, Uma Família de Coleccionadores: Poder e Cultura, Antiga Colecção Palmela (ex. cat.), Lisbon, Casa-Museu Anastácio Gonçalves, 2001, pp.210 (regarding the service).

Other pieces from this service, with same maker and date, to have appeared at auction include:

Twenty-four plates, Christie's, Geneva, 27 April 1976, lots 405 and 406.

A pair of candelabra, Christie's, Geneva, 27 April 1976, lot 407.

A pair of wine coolers, Christie's, Geneva, 9 November 1976, lot 286.

A soup terrine and stand, Christie's, Geneva, 20 November 1979, lot 189A.

A pair of candelabra, Christie's, London, 10 February 2022, lot 187, the coat-of-arms incorrectly attributed.