Portugal · Jewellery; Goldsmithing; Portuguese heritage
Ourivesaria de Guimarães — Prata e Ouro Filigranado
The gold and silver jewelry tradition of Guimarães — distinct from the Gondomar filigree (CRAFT-1107) and Viana do Castelo goldsmithing (CRAFT-1115) documented elsewhere in the Portugal archive, in that the Guimarães tradition combines filigree elements with more substantial solid-form pieces, and has historically served as one of the main supplier workshops for the Minhota regional costume jewelry whose components are finished and assembled elsewhere. The Guimarães ourives reads the correct silver soldering moment by the same mercury-bright flash test documented for Salamanca and Gondomar (CRAFT-1014, CRAFT-1107), calibrated here to the specific working characteristics of the Minho's traditional silver alloy.
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