179 - A Portuguese silver toothpick holder

A Portuguese silver toothpick holder Silver, fineness .833 Sculpture depicting a hunchbacked figure with top hat and cane Circular base on three feet Porto hallmark (1938-1984) and goldsmith's mark of Alfredo de Almeida (reg. 1908) H.: 17 cm 334.4 g VIDAL, Manuel Gonçalves; ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de - "Marcas de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses (1887 a 1993)", vol. II. Lisbon: IN-CM, nos. 49 and 1036