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Lot Essay
The arms are those of Dom Bernardo Jos Maria da Silveira e Lorena, 5th Count of Sarzedas, impaling Tavora. He was born in Portugal in 1756 and died in Rio de Janeiro in 1818. He became Governor and Captain-General of Sao Paulo where he lived from 1787 to 1797 before moving to Minas Gerais. He later became 48th Viceroy of India and took office in Goa in 1807. He returned to Brazil in 1816. This service was one of three made for him.
A very similar vegetable dish and cover from this service is in the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, illustrated by M. Beurdeley, op.cit., 1962, cat.83, p.167 and by J.G. Phillips, op.cit., colour pl.15, together with a verrire and a reticulated dish, pls.81 and 82. Other pieces from this services are illustrated by J.R. Teixeira Leite op.cit., 1986, colour pl.76 and fig.33; by Conde de Castro e Solla, Ceramica Brazonada, 1928, pl.V and dustcloth; by N. de Castro, op.cit., 1988, p.201; and by E. Gordon, op.cit., 1978, p.38, fig.19. A vegetable tureen and cover from the J. G. Veiga Collection was sold Sotheby's, London, 31 October, 1989, lot 159. Other pieces were sold in these Rooms, 1 and 2 March, 1976, lot 89, and in our New York Rooms, 21 and 22 January, 1998, lot 205.
A very similar vegetable dish and cover from this service is in the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, illustrated by M. Beurdeley, op.cit., 1962, cat.83, p.167 and by J.G. Phillips, op.cit., colour pl.15, together with a verrire and a reticulated dish, pls.81 and 82. Other pieces from this services are illustrated by J.R. Teixeira Leite op.cit., 1986, colour pl.76 and fig.33; by Conde de Castro e Solla, Ceramica Brazonada, 1928, pl.V and dustcloth; by N. de Castro, op.cit., 1988, p.201; and by E. Gordon, op.cit., 1978, p.38, fig.19. A vegetable tureen and cover from the J. G. Veiga Collection was sold Sotheby's, London, 31 October, 1989, lot 159. Other pieces were sold in these Rooms, 1 and 2 March, 1976, lot 89, and in our New York Rooms, 21 and 22 January, 1998, lot 205.