A Centrepiece, silver, sculptural set consisting of five "Putti" between "Vegetal motifs and garlands", relief, beaded, chiselled and engraved decoration "Royal arms of Portugal and Savoy", three intertwined baskets, the central one fixed and laterals suspended and removable, accompanied by crystal globe with silver lid with monogram of Queen D. Maria Pia, Augustin Pierre Adolphe Veyrat maker's mark (1849-1873), scalloped plateau with sheet metal interior reinforcement based on wooden plate, original case, French, small antique restorations, small faults and defects in the fixation of two garlands and in one of the plates with the shields, remarked on the day of the auction of the possessions of Queen D. Maria Pia in 1912, with warranty mark for imported pieces and Lisbon Javali mark (1887-1937)., Notes: 1-vd. VIDAL, Manuel Gonçalves; Fernando Moitinho de Almeida-" Portuguese marks and Goldsmiths (1887 to 1993)". Lisbon: IN-CM, vol. II, paragraph 67 and 244A. 2-The marriage between King D. Luís I of Portugal and D. Maria Pia of Savoy, held in 1862, represented the Union between the Portuguese Royal House and the House of Savoy. D. Maria Pia was the daughter of Archduchess Maria Adelaide of Habsburg-Lorraine and Victor Emmanuel II, the first King of unified Italy. For her wedding, a tableware with about 60 pieces, a flatware with 194 pieces and a tea and coffee service of 6 elements, tableware known as "silver wedding", all with identical decoration and showing the Royal Arms of Portugal and of Savoy in relief was commissioned from the French Goldsmith Augustin Pierre Adolphe Veyrat - with shop in Rue de Malte 20, Paris. This set is exhibited almost entirely in the Ajuda National Palace. In accordance with the law of July 1, 1862, the Queen received an annual provision of 60,000 $ 000 reis, getting all the expenses of her household, Ladies in waiting, servants and personal expenses charged to this item. However with the increasing inflation, the annual provision remained unchanged over the years, caused it to become insufficient and that, in the first decade of 1900, the Queen was obliged to contract various loans, the most substantial of which near the Count of Burnay - about 20,000 $ 000 reis. Burnay died in 1909 and Queen D. Maria Pia in 1911. In July 1912, already in the Republican regime, it was held at the headquarters of the Bank of Portugal, in Lisbon, the famous auction of jewelry and silverware of Queen D. Maria Pia which were given as collateral of those loans. The 375 lots would amount 353,277 $ 000 reis, about 17 ME at current prices. Many of these pieces, by its high value and international listing, went abroad, emerging a few on the market, although rarely. Such is the case of this centrepiece. It is the centerpiece of the mentioned tableware, chosen to illustrate the cover of the Brazil-Portugal magazine of August 1, 1912. It had been lot nr 7 of that auction, which was sold by 1,830$00 Portuguese escudos, about € 90,000 today. Henrique Correia Braga. Lisbon, November 2014 3-The three monogrammed glassbowls belonging to each of the above mentioned baskets are deposited in the Ajuda National Palace under nr 22904/25 to 22904/27, as the corresponding inventory file http://www.matriznet.dgpc.pt/MatrizNet/Objectos/ObjectosConsultar.aspx?IdReg=987960 4-As the auction of this item in due course communicated to the competent authorities, it was decided to open a process with a view to their classification, applying accordingly and immediately, the regime of classified pieces, namely the impossibility of exporting. Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 76 x 90 x 64 cm; Peso - bruto - 31000 grs.