Historical Pieces

Stories with a Face and a Crown

80 reis, “Maluco”
Dobra 24 Escudos de D. João V

Stories from the Countryside

Cangas de luxo

Childhood Stories

Traffic Police
Barbie Doll
Hen
Mechanical Cat with Wind-Up Mechanism

Stories with Art

O Bezerro do Espírito Santo e Touro (The Calf of the Holy Spirit and Bull)
Tentação de Santo António V (The Temptation of Saint Anthony V)
Celebração Da Terra III (Celebration of the Land III)
Azores – Spiritus
Avião perturba culto do Espírito Santo (Airplane Disrupts Holy Spirit Ceremony)
Bezerros Enfeitados (Decorated Calves)
Institution of the Eucharist

Stories from Afar

Walrus Tusk
Pingalim – Narwhal Tusk
African Comb
Table
Fly Whisk
Pote (Apothecary jar)
Lantaka
Contador (Merchant’s Ledger Desk)
Long Gun
Cifka Plate
‘Aranhões’ Plate

Communicating in Times of War

Drum
The Fullerphone
Heliograph m/938, Portuguese Model
“Lucas” Signal Lantern

Figures with a Story

Printing Press
Typesetting Bench

Stories in Profile

“João, o Melhor Rei de Portugal e Algarve” (João, the Greatest King of Portugal and the Algarve)
Teotónio de Ornelas
Admiral George Sartorius
Tefillat Yesharim
Miter

Stories of Faith

Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres (Lord Holy Christ of the Miracles)
Palmito (Heart of Palm)
Matraca
Holy Spirit

Stories in the Feminine

Third Pager
Mulher de Manto (Woman in a Cloak)
Capote
Manto Terceirense (Cloak)
Madame Du Barry
Nu, de Victor Câmara
Bag
Cello
Dress

Pedal Harp

Spinning Wheel
Earthenware Basin

Stories in Bulk

Mill
Machinery
Grain bin cover
Plough

Travel Stories

Mountain Pass for Pilot-Aviator
Propeller of the ‘Azor’
Concorde
Bucket
Amphora
Sword-fish
SMS “Seeadler” barge
Clipper Flying Cloud
Bronze sculpture ‘Infante D. Henrique’
Ship ‘Príncipe Real’
Shuttle
Iate D. Amélia
Raft ‘Kon-Tiki’
“Kon Tiki” Board Game
Autonomy Boat
The Caravel
Figurehead
Ocean liner RMS ‘Queen Mary’

Stories of Seduction

Abano léquio (instrument for agitating air to cool face)
“Retrato de Senhora” (Portrait of a Lady)

Sentinels of Time

High case watch
Sundial
Pocket watch
Table clock
Watch pouches

Meninas em traje de passeio no Jardim Duque da Terceira (Girls in walking attire in the Duque da Terceira Garden)
Swimsuit
Sunglasses
“Espantando Pardais” (Scaring away sparrows)
A apanha das Cerejas (Cherry picking)

Finding the North

Planispheric astrolabe
Mother of octant
Pocket sundial with compass
Wrist compass

Stories with Gunpowder

Bottle with gunpowder
Powder-horn
Projectile
Wrought iron cot
Falconet
Bronze cradle

For the sake of health

Leech aquarium
Suction cup with syringe
Field pharmacy kit

Quenching Thirst

Spout and Archinha Guard
Bottle
Field
Clay Pipe
On-board bottle
On-board bottle
Garrafas de pirolito de bola (bottles of a drink called ‘pirolito’ with transparent marbles inside)
Garrafas de pirolito FAV

Stories of Saints

Nossa Senhora Aparecida
S. João Baptista
Santa Ágata (ou Águeda)
S. Sebastião
Santa Bárbara