Processional vases

Author: José Coelho de Oliveira

Date: 19^th century

Material: White silver

Dimensions (cm): MAS O 55 and MAS O 56: H 36,5 x W 20,5 | MAS O 57: H 36,2 x W 21,2 | MAS O 58: H 36,7 x W 20,6

Provenance: Guimarães, Colegiada de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira

Inventory No.: MAS O 55, MAS O 56, MAS O 57 and MAS O 58

Set of four covered urns with handles seated on square plinths. The relief decoration uses friezes of acanthus leaves and floral elements alternating with zones of plain silver.

These four processional vases are an example of the good silverware produced in Guimarães and they were displayed in processions. Not entirely in the neoclassical taste, they denote some stylistic hybridism, quite frequent in the 19^th century.