Taken from Contrastes y Marcadores de la Plata Madrilena enel Siglo XVIII By Fernando A. Martín García 1983, Villa de Madrid
"He(Bernardo Melcon Bravo) was succeeded by his brother Eugenio Melcón, who took up the position around 1761-62, remaining in it until approximately 1782. During this period ...
Thank you both for your time and expertise. The owner of these plates(relative) lived in Brasil in the early 1960's and collected a wide variety of silver and silver plated items. It has been very difficult to identify.
I went through documents after reading your replies and found these two letters ...
I have a dozen plates, 9" across, approximate weight per plate is 1 lb 1 oz. I have been searching but no luck in identifying hallmarks. I took them to a local pawn shop and they used an app on their phone to identify the plate as silverplate from France? Any help is greatly appreciated.