The Shop

António Polycarpo, born in 1788 (in Benedita, Alcobaça council), was the founder of a cutlery workshop in Lisbon in 1822/1825 (1822 is the year mentioned in several references without documentary evidence and 1825 according to his biography, dated 1856). Years earlier he had started as an apprentice cutter, receiving instruction from a French master (Charniére); a master who had a cutlery workshop in Rua Formosa where he trained many other young people who later began their own careers in the art, as happened with Polycarpo.

Shop History

After participating in military campaigns for liberalism, and fighting the civil war, he established his business in Rua de São Nicolau where he even employed 100 workers (between workshops and 3 stores on the same street, in numbers 25 to 31) . Later he would found another workshop revealing the high prosperity of the business. It is one of the first cutlery shops/workshops in Lisbon, having operated at the same address since the beginning. Various texts and mentions in press articles throughout the 19th and 20th century refer to this cutlery.

Products and Services

Cutlery

Business Hours

Additional information:

closes Saturday and Sunday

Contacts

Parish: Santa Maria Maior
Address: Rua de São Nicolau 19 – 25 , 1100-547 Lisboa
Postal Code: 1100-547 Lisboa
218866205
polycarpo@sapo.pt
http://www.polycarpo.pt
https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/590466541017825/cutelaria-polycarpo/
https://www.facebook.com/polycarpocutelaria

General Data

Main activity: Home, décor and DIY
Opening Year: 1822
Main Code of Economic Activity (CAE): 47592