Conservation and restoration of 242 pieces in cast, raised, and chiselled silver from a tableware set known as Germain Service*, from the collections of the National Museum of Ancient Art and the Ajuda National Palace, for exhibition at Royal Treasure Museum, namely:
- plates, forks, knives, spoons, shells
- terrines, platters, pots-à-oille, candlesticks,
- spice shakers, salt shakers, cruets, salad bowls
- mustard, milkmaids, teapots
*The Germain Service is an 18th century tableware set comprising more than a thousand pieces in silver alloy, commissioned by Joseph I of Portugal in 1756, just after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, to the workshop of French Silversmith François-Thomas Germain for the Portuguese royal family, in an attempt to renew the splendour of the royal Portuguese court, being used publicly for the first time during the ceremonies of the Acclamation of Queen Maria I, the daughter of Joseph I, on 13 May 1777. In 2006, the Germain Service was made part of the Ministry of Culture's list of Portuguese National Treasures.
Acknowledgements Lisbon Tourism Association ~ General Directorate of Cultural Heritage ~ Ajuda National Palace ~ National Museum of Ancient Art ~ Royal Treasure Museum
