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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, Silver and Jewels Expert - November 2014
4 - 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
(Henriques Nunes, Palácio Nacional da Ajuda,
c. 1880 - Direcção-Geral do Património Cultural
/ Arquivo de Documentação Fotográfica)