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36. Plate. Chinese (Portuguese market), ca. I820.
Hard paste. Diam. 93/4in. (24.8 cm). Helena
Woolworth McCann Collection, Gift of Winfield
Foundation, I95I (51.86.328)

WithMacaoas a continuingbasefortrade,the
Portuguesemarketwas active well into the nineteenth
century.Thecoatof armshereis that of Francisco
Antonio da Silva Mendesda Fonseca(d. i83I), a
governmentofficial,merchant,and landowner.

37. Salad Bowl. Chinese (Portuguese colonial
market), ca. i8oo. Hard paste. H. 43/4in. (12.1 cm).
Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Gift of
Winfield Foundation, I95I (51.86.Io)

Theoriginof the modelis an English creamware
bowlproducedin StaffordshiroerYorkshiraebout
i78o-i8oo; its currencyin the exporttradeis evidenced
by thispiece,madefor the Portuguesecolonialmarket,
and byanotherformingpartof a Danish-market
servicemadeabouti800.

Thebowl comesfromoneof threeservicesmadefor
Dom BernardoJoseMaria da Silveirae Lorena
(1756-1818)g, overnorand viceroyoflndiafrom i806
to 1816.

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Saladbowl, detail ofSilveira arms
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