124 - A Portuguese silver bread tongs

A Portuguese silver bread tongs Silver, fineness .833 Blade decorated with a pierced flower, arms in the form of stylised branches with a central rosette Porto hallmark (1887-1937) and goldsmith's mark of Júlio Ernesto da Silva (1896-1973) L.: 28 cm 167.6 g VIDAL, Manuel Gonçalves; ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de - "Marcas de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses (1887 a 1993)", vol. II. Lisbon: IN-CM, nos. 73 and 2169