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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gabriel de Figueiredo, Salva 32 Gomos da Colecção do Imperador da Abissínia / A Gadrooned Salver from the Emperor of Abyssinia's Collection, Portugal, ínicio do séc. XVIII / begining of the 18th. c.

Gabriel de Figueiredo

Salva 32 Gomos da Colecção do Imperador da Abissínia / A Gadrooned Salver from the Emperor of Abyssinia's Collection, Portugal, ínicio do séc. XVIII / begining of the 18th. c.
prata, punção da cidade de Aveiro / silver, Aveiro city mark
Ø 36,5 cm
B316
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Inscriptions: Engraved "IT" monogram; "This silver plate was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936" / Inscrições: Monograma "IT" gravado; "This silver dish was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936"



Plain round salver of scalloped edge defined by thirty-two concave and grooved radial sections, centred by a medallion encircled by reeded frame. This plain roundel is occupied by the engraved monogram IT and, peripherally to its underside, framed by the engraved note "This silver dish was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936" in cursive script.

The city of Aveiro assay mark A3.0, or it’s variant , points to a manufacture date in the early 18th century. Objects stamped with municipal marks for Aveiro are rare, what makes this salver a singular example within the context of Portuguese silverware production.

While curating the 1940 exhibition on Portuguese Goldsmithing, at the Machado de Castro National Museum, in Coimbra, António Nogueira Gonçalves, a master at the city’s ancient University, identified for the first time an example of an Aveiro Municipal assay-mark. Another seven identically stamped objects have since been recorded.

A similar salver, from the former collection Francisco Barros e Sá, can be seen at the National Museum of Ancient Art, in Lisbon.

Attributable to Gabriel de Figueiredo, the goldsmith’s mark F (A11.0) , substantiates a dating to the first half of the 18th century. A total of seven objects of varying types made by this goldsmith have so far been identified, the present salver being the only one of its typology. Of the eleven known Aveiro goldsmith’s marks only Figueredo has been identified up until now.




Salva lisa, redonda, de orla recortada definindo trinta e dois gomos côncavos sulcados, dispostos radialmente em torno de um medalhão central, com toro saliente liso. O medalhão liso é somente ocupado pelo monograma “IT” inscrito no seu centro. A inscrição "This silver dish was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936" dispõe-se de forma circular no reverso do medalhão central.

A marca de ensaiador de Aveiro (A3.0 ou variante) , revela uma peça produzida no princípio do século XVIII. São raras as obras de ourivesaria com marcas de Aveiro, tornando esta peça num exemplar singular dentro do panorama da ourivesaria portuguesa. António Nogueira Gonçalves, mestre da Universidade de Coimbra identificou pela primeira vez, nos trabalhos preparativos para a exposição de Ourivesaria Portuguesa realizada no Museu Nacional Machado de Castro, em 1940, uma punção municipal de Aveiro . Até ao momento foram identificadas oito marcas de ensaiador municipal. A antiga coleção Francisco Barros de Sá possui uma salva semelhante, pertencendo atualmente à coleção do Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga .

Já a marca de ourives F (A11.0) , atribuível a Gabriel de Figueiredo, coloca igualmente a peça na primeira metade séc. XVIII. Com a marca deste ourives são conhecidas sete peças, nenhuma delas uma salva, sendo deste modo, este o único exemplar conhecido produzido pelo ourives. São conhecidas um total de onze marcas da prata de ourives de Aveiro, sendo Gabriel de Figueiredo o único ourives, atualmente, do qual conhecemos a identidade.

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Provenance

Haile Selassie I, Imperador da Abissínia; Dr. Ricardo Sá Carneiro, Porto
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