{"id":8471,"date":"2025-12-18T16:18:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/?post_type=museum&#038;p=8471"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:33:38","slug":"chumbeira","status":"publish","type":"museum","link":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/museum\/chumbeira\/","title":{"rendered":"Companhia\u2019s Chumbeira"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ad9a6d\">Object of the Month \u2013 September, 2020<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8472\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-19.png 886w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-19-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-19-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-19-18x7.png 18w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-19-415x166.png 415w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-19-650x260.png 650w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-19-250x100.png 250w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-19-600x240.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every month the Museum of the Oldest Appellation in the World highlights one of the many objects that are part of the collection shown in our permanent exhibition. Come and discover the object of the month and find out more about our history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cCompanhia Geral das Vinhas do Alto Douro is, with no exaggeration, the principal base of the trade in this city, being one of the greatest and most fruitful branches that promotes it; and the grand spirit that stimulates it, both in industry and in the general interests.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agostinho Rebelo da Costa, 1789<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 18th and 19th centuries, this type of lead sign was used to identify the Oporto taverns where the Company\u2019s wines were served on an exclusive basis . This item had the CADP brand, present in all Company shipments, the design of this brand offers a number of interpretations, which correspond to the different designations by which the firm was known, based on three key elements: Companhia, Alto Douro and Porto. The superimposed letters V and A, below, translate the Company\u2019s commercial object: vinhos (wines), aguardentes (brandies) and vinagres (vinegars). <em>C<\/em>ompanhia, <em>A<\/em>lto <em>D<\/em>ouro e <em>P<\/em>orto. As letras sobrepostas V e A, em baixo, traduzem o objeto comercial da Companhia: vinhos, aguardentes e vinagres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<p><strong>Material<br><\/strong>Lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong><br>18th century<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Collection<\/strong><br>Real Companhia Velha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dimensions<\/strong><br>With: 1,7 cm x Height: 12,5 cm x Length: 16,8 cm<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pe\u00e7a do m\u00eas &#8211; setembro, 2020 Todos os meses, o Museu da 1\u00aa Demarca\u00e7\u00e3o destaca uma das pe\u00e7as da exposi\u00e7\u00e3o permanente. 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