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Special Loan Exhibition, 1881, Nos. 916,7.\nParis, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Exhibition, 1954, No. 37.\n'Portuguese Discoveries and Renaissance Europe', 17th Council of Europe, Lisbon, 7 April - 7 July 1983.\n\nAcquired from J.C. Robinson's collection and originally labelled 'Spanish Gothic Work. about 1330-50'. The town mark was later wrongly attributed to Oviedo.  Both dishes (143-1879 and 144-1879) appear to belong to the same set although one is decorated with a religious and the other with a secular subject.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Portugal. Lisbon. Maker's mark: AM. Late 15th century; Silver, Continental","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Oman, Charles. <u>The Golden Age of Hispanic Silver 1400-1665</u>. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968.\r\n"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Vassallo e Silva, Nuno. <u>Portuguese Ceremonial Silver, 15th and 16th Century</u>. 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