A wedding Salver D. João V, King of Portugal (1706-1750) 854/1000 silver decoration en relief "Flowers and shell motifs" with central reserve "Winged heart pierced by arrows", back engraved with mark of ownership - quartered shield: I Barros; II Ferrão (?); III Silva (?); IV ?; helmet and crest of Barros (of Francisco de Barros) Portuguese Lisbon assay mark (1727-1755), maker's mark attributable to Eugénio da Costa, remarked with Cabeça de Velho Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 26 cm; Peso - 238 g. Notes: back with auction label of the Francisco Hipólito Raposo Collection - Palácio do Correio Velho. Vd. ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de; CARLOS, Rita - "Inventário de Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasileiras - Século XV a 1887". Lisbon: IN-CM, 2018, L-25 and L-246.