THE SILVER SERVICE OF THE PORTUGUESE CROWN

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Autor: OREY, MARIA LEONOR SAMPAYO BORGES DE SOUZA D`
Edição: Edições Inapa, S. A. 1991
Descrição: É a versão inglesa desta obra . Capa dura com sobrecapa ilustrada; 224 págs.; ilu.; 324 mm. Exemplar com uma dedicatória da autora no frontispício. . "Foreword -This book has been in response to the interest shown in the exceptional and unique eighteenth century French domestic silver ware kept in Portugal, particularly the work of Thomas and François- Thomas Germain. Examples of silver ware produced prior to 1790 in the famous Parisian workshops are now extremely rare and are paradoxically difficult to find in France, their country of origin. This rather unusual situation is due to the fact that between 1689 and 1790 French silver ware as a whole was ordered by royal decree to be melted down on several occasions to meet heavy war expenditure. During the reign of Louis XIV approximately twenty five tons of silver were melted down, first in 1689 and then in 1701. (...)"