The most prominent master-designers in these early years of the 18th century were: António Pereira (artist), Manuel dos Santos, the workshop of António de Oliveira Bernardes and his son Policarpo de Oliveira Bernardes; the Master PMP (only known by his monogram) and his collaborators Teotónio dos Santos and Valentim de Almeida; Bartolomeu Antunes and his pupil Nicolau de Freitas.
Masovna proizvodnja se je začela ne samo zaradi večjega domačega povpraševanja, temveč tudi zaradi velikih naročil iz portugalske kolonije Brazilije.