Shop of a silversmith in Porto in 1820. The man and his business

Abstract

Oporto  silversmith  Captain  Bento  José  Correia  died  in  1820  and  it  was necessary to organize an inventory of his goods. This document, contextualized with  the  biographical  aspects  of  the  silversmith  and  his  family,  allows us  to frame  the  experience  of  a  craftsman  of  the  late  eighteenth  century and  the  first quarter  of  the  nineteenth  century.  The  listing  of  his  store,  containing  objects  of civil  and  religious  silverware,  reveals  the  typologies  in  use  and  other curious aspects of the craft.