SILVER “TEMBLADERA” (CUP). JUAN MONTERO, SALAMANCA, SPAIN, 18TH CENTURY.

Tremor. Silver. Juan Ignacio Montero, Salamanca, 18th century. With contrast markings. Silver tremble in its color ready on the outside decorated with two inverted “S” shaped handles and decorated with spikes on the outside. At the base of the piece are the four contrast marks (flanking the contrast line), which place the creation of the piece in Salamanca (note the bull), with the intervention of Juan Ignacio Montero; Two more appear, you frustrate. Juan Ignacio Montero was a silversmith and contrast-marker, and the punch seen here seems to date from preserved works that have been dated between 1759 and 1779, such as a sacral in the Parish Church of San Lorenzo de Segovia (by Manuel Cardeñosa, dated in 1767). It is known that he held the position of contrast-marker in Salamanca between 1758 and 1781 and that he was active until 1779. He used a punch that incorporated the dates relative to the year, although sometimes the same iron was used in several years. Weight: 70 gr.

· Size: 10x7x5 cms.