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Waiting to join a collection are these 7 prized Portuguese historical ceramic pieces. 
They all belonged to a bigger dinner service set made in Portugal by a Company called Gilman & Cta. "Gilman & Comandita" Cookware Factory in Sacavém.
The company is no longer in existence having gone bankrupt in 1994.

In 1995, November 22 it was decided at a meeting by the Municipality of Loures to construct a museum that made the history of that factory and its production of ceramics, situated on the grounds where once this had risen.
The museum is located in the centre of an urbanization born from the rubble of the Cookware Factory, and opened in June 7th of 2000. The Museum of Ceramics Sacavém was designed to preserve the ancient core of Sacavém Cookware Factory (which made that city famous) and is centred around the oven n. # 18 where this crockery was made.

The crockery on offer was part of a set which belonged to my late parents and it was a wedding gift received in 1945.  
 
The seven items are:
2 Tureens : Medium & Large.
The medium one diameter rim 15 cm, height 7,5 cm & base is 17 cm.
Condition: Lightly crazed on outside, inside also crazed somewhat more & stained.
Rim is solid, no opening for ladle or serving spoon to rest in.

The large one diameter rim 17,5 cm, height 10 cm, base is 18,5 cm.
This one has a space for the ladle to lie in on the rim.
Condition: No crazing, no staining Was not used very much.
 

The medium one fits snugly on top of the larger one making it very easy to store. 
2 soup plates and 1 Flat dinner plate:
The soup plates: Diameter 24,8 cm, height 3 cm and the dinner plate diameter 24.8 cm X 2 cm high.
Soup plates condition: The one is still in very good condition, no staining, no crazing and the second one has a hairline crack right through & a second hairline crack in the middle but it does not run through the plate, might just be the glaze. 
 Dinner plate condition: Used, the print is quite faded and there are scratches to the glaze but there are no cracks. 



 
1 Oval Platter: 30 cm long X 25 cm wide X 3 cm high.
Condition: No crazing, no staining.


1 Gravy boat : Length taken from spout tip to handle tip 19 cm, width 10 cm. The height is 7,5 cm. Condition: Light crazing.  

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