Tavares 1922
Silver, shell, and a hundred years of Póvoa de Varzim.
Meet the Maker
A goldsmith by the sea, since 1922
Tavares has kept the same address, Rua da Junqueira 54, in Póvoa de Varzim, a fishing town north of Porto, since 1922. In the early years, fishermen's wives came to number 54 to buy gold, the one form of security they could hold while the boats were out. A century on, it is still a family house, and the sea still sets the terms.
The Shell Collection is the house's silver line, and the sea is all over it: real shells, no two alike, set in silver and put to work as ladles, sugar bowls, and one very good gravy boat. Each piece is singular because each shell is. Made to be passed around the table, then passed down.
- Founded
- 1922
- Place
- Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
- Material
- Silver, natural shell
The Talk Trigger
Nautilus Shell Gravy Boat
The gravy boat that gets asked about before the gravy does. One shell, one ladle of silver, and the quietest table suddenly has a topic.
$1,350.00
See the piece
Pairs well with
The shells came from the Atlantic. The rest of the table came from Vienna, New York, and San Francisco.
Care & Ritual
Made to be used
Tarnish is what happens to pieces left in the cabinet. A soft cloth after dinner, a proper polish twice a year, and the shine takes care of itself.
The shells ask even less: keep them away from the dishwasher and they will outlast the table.