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Service of the Viscounts of São João da Pesqueira

The Service of the Viscounts of São João da Pesqueira is an early 20th-century 300-piece tableware set in cast silver, made in Porto, Portugal, in the Reis & Filhos workshop (jewellers to the King and Queen of Portugal).

Service of the Viscounts of São João da Pesqueira
The service, photographed by Paz dos Reis, 1908
MaterialSilver
Createdc. 1904, Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (drawings)

The service was commissioned by Luís Maria de Sousa Vaía Rebelo de Morais, 3rd Viscount of São João da Pesqueira (1862–1925), who wished the work reflected a characteristically Portuguese style as a show of appreciation of the national crafts — the pieces were designed in the Neo-Manueline style by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, drawing inspiration from the architecture of the 16th-century Monastery of the Hieronymites, in Belém, Lisbon.[1]

Following the commission, the Viscount had the dining room of his palace, the place where he intended to keep the Service on display, completely redecorated and refurnished to match the table set.[1][2]

The Service currently belongs to the Diocese of Porto.[3] In 2013, the Service was the subject of an exhibit in the Soares dos Reis National Museum, organised by the Catholic University of Portugal for the 4th International Congress on Silver in Ibero-America (La Plata en Iberoamérica).[4]

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Pieces from the São João da Pesqueira Service
 
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Bibliography

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  • Reis e Irmão, Joalheiros de SS. Magestades (1904). Uma Baixella Manuelina. Typ. da Empreza Litteraria.

References

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  1. ^ a b A. (20 April 1904). "Baixella Manuelina". O Occidente (in Portuguese). No. 911. pp. 82–83, 84–85. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ Osório, Helena Cristina Afonso de Azevedo (2009). Ambientes decorativos românticos em casas nobres do Norte de Portugal: expressões oitocentistas e sua permanência até ao século XX (Master Dissertation). Escola das Artes - Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Comemorações dos 50 Anos da ODPS: Baixela dos Viscondes da Pesqueira" (PDF). Espaço Solidário - Obra Diocesana de Promoção Social (in Portuguese). Vol. IX, no. 34. Porto: Diocese of Porto. March 2014. p. 16. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Agenda de fim-de-semana". i (in Portuguese). 24 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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