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Sinker of the Real Companhia Velha Collection
Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro1756/1851
Museu do Douro
Peso da Régua, Portugal
A plate used at Oporto taverns, where the Royal Company had the exclusivity of the wine sales. This plate represented the wine's authorization and quality certificate.
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- Title: Sinker of the Real Companhia Velha Collection
- Creator: Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro
- Creator Lifespan: 1756-09-10/1851
- Date Created: 1756/1851
- Physical Location: Peso da Régua, Portugal
- Location Created: Porto, Portugal
- Physical Dimensions: 430 x 300 mm
- Original Language: Portuguese
- Provenance: Real Companhia Velha Collection deposited in Museu do Douro
- Subject Keywords: Sinker, Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro, Oporto taverns, Douro, Wine sales
- Type: Ethonographic collection
- Medium: Polychromic lead
- Photographer: Egídio Santos
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