SILVER FRUIT BOWL 18TH CENTURY .
Antiques - Miscellaneus / Silver
Reference: Z6259
Cordoban silver shield, 1759-1768. With marks. Weight: 820 g. Rococo-style silver salver, with hallmarks from Córdoba and the marker Bartolomé Gálvez y Aranda. It features a tall, stepped, circular base adorned with incised grooves and other simple, classical-style motifs, already announcing the shift in language toward Neoclassicism. However, the plate itself is still distinctly Rococo, with a profile of mitered curves that translate into sharp edges on the eaves. Bartolomé Gálvez y Aranda was a silversmith, although he worked as a marker between 1759 and 1772, using for this work the punch seen here: his surname in capital letters, in a very horizontal trapezoidal frame and surmounted by a raised trilobed fleur-de-lis. Gálvez y Aranda added the chronological mark to this punch in 1768, so this salvo would be dated between 1759 and 1768. It is also a particularly interesting piece because it comes from Córdoba, the main center of Spanish silversmithing in the Rococo period, whose workshops produced high-quality religious and secular pieces, destined for clients not only locally but throughout the Iberian Peninsula, even reaching the Canary Islands and Latin America. The widespread diffusion of Cordoban silversmithing took place, in fact, in the last quarter of the 18th century, through the so-called master silversmiths. These figures acted as trade brokers, according to Pérez Grande, traveling to churches and fairs held throughout the country. The activity of these silversmiths was also favored by tax exemptions.
· Size: 32x32x13 cms.
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