Author:
Caryl Panman
Report:
22
Page:
59
Year:
1995
Subject Matter:
Peninsular War
Excerpt:
A burnished silver plateau nearly eight meters long with over 1000 additional pieces of silver and silver-gilt including a dining service for 55 people, which took more than 100 men more than three years to produce was given in gratitude by the Portuguese to Wellington. This is the story of how it was made.
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