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VIDAL (Manuel Gonçalves). MARCAS de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses. Lisboa. 1974. - VIDAL (Manuel Gonçalves) MARCAS de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses . Complementos e anotações às marcas antigas de pratas portuguesas e brasileiras pelo Eng.º Fernando Moitinho de Almeida. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, 1974. 2 v.: il.; 280 mm. Second edition, revised and expanded. ”Marcas de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses” (Portuguese Hallmarks and Goldsmiths) is the fundamental reference work for the identification and dating of Portuguese silverware and goldsmithing, bringing together thousands of hallmarks and goldsmith marks from the 15th century to 1950, and constituting an indispensable tool for collectors, antique dealers, art historians, and professionals in the field. Originally published in a single volume by the Mint in 1958, with a preface by Reinaldo dos Santos, this second edition is divided into two volumes (I: from the 15th century to 1887; II: from 1887 to 1950), and includes additions and annotations by Fernando Moitinho de Almeida on the old marks of Portuguese and Brazilian silver, the result of many years of research. The work has seen subsequent reprints by the National Press-Mint. A highly regarded and sought-after reference work. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate