Mid Nineteenth Century Solid Silver Swan Toothpick Holder

Speer your morsels in style with this solid silver toothpick holder. Highly unusual yet subtly elegant, this chic little table ornament was the height of 19th century fashion and is as useful and intriguing today as it was then. This realistically rendered swan atop a decorative plinth bears a maker’s mark and a Portuguese silver hallmark for the city of Porto, which dates it to around 1850. Height 10 cm; base 5 x 5 cm.