Manuel Soares Ferreira
392.0 g
Inscription: "This silver plate was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936" engraved on the reverse. / Inscrição: "This silver dish was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936" gravada no verso.
Round, beaten silver sheet salver. Undecorated and of raised and scalloped edge, it is defined by twenty-eight concave and grooved centrifugal sections radiating from a plain medallion encased by a reeded frame. The engraved note "This silver dish was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936" is inscribed peripherally around the underside of this central medallion.
The stamped Oporto Municipal assay-mark (P12.0) , denotes a production date between 1721 and 1750. João do Couto de Azevedo, the son of Manuel do Couto de Azevedo, was appointed silver assayer following from his father’s death, having been sworn in in 1721, the stamp featured on the salver’s underside being used up until 1750. Interestingly, the São Roque collection owns one other gadrooned salver (B200) stamped by the father of this assayer, Manuel do Couto de Azevedo.
Complementing it, the maker’s mark MF (P487.0) identifies the salver has having been manufactured by the goldsmith Manuel Soares Ferreira, registered in 1718.
Inscription: "This silver plate was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936" engraved on the reverse. / Inscrição: "This silver dish was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936" gravada no verso.
Round, beaten silver sheet salver. Undecorated and of raised and scalloped edge, it is defined by twenty-eight concave and grooved centrifugal sections radiating from a plain medallion encased by a reeded frame. The engraved note "This silver dish was sold by H.M. the Emperor of Abyssinia in London Anno Domini 1936" is inscribed peripherally around the underside of this central medallion.
The stamped Oporto Municipal assay-mark (P12.0) , denotes a production date between 1721 and 1750. João do Couto de Azevedo, the son of Manuel do Couto de Azevedo, was appointed silver assayer following from his father’s death, having been sworn in in 1721, the stamp featured on the salver’s underside being used up until 1750. Interestingly, the São Roque collection owns one other gadrooned salver (B200) stamped by the father of this assayer, Manuel do Couto de Azevedo.
Complementing it, the maker’s mark MF (P487.0) identifies the salver has having been manufactured by the goldsmith Manuel Soares Ferreira, registered in 1718.
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