SILVER CUP (“TEMBLADERA”). 18TH CENTURY.

Catavinos or scrapie. Silver. Century XVIII. No contrast marks. With ownership initials. Container known as catavinos or scrapie with two flat curved handles decorated with simplified plant elements, and a line of morsels (gallion shapes) on the edge enhanced by bands of recessed dots that remain in relief inside the piece, where they extend and frame the background decoration. In this area there is a flordelised or flowered Greek cross in a smooth glossy finish with the engraved letters “RA” (property initials), highlighted on a dotted background. Bernegales and morsel shakers were frequent pieces in Spanish silversmithing in the 17th century, usually being relegated to centers of somewhat less importance in the 18th century. Compare it with pieces such as the silver bernegal from the last third of the 17th century from the Lázaro Galdiano Museum (perhaps from the Portuguese school; inventory 3916), or the one dated between 1640 and 1665 from the same museum (inventory 3910), or that of José Jiménez de Illescas (inventory 3915, dated 1715-1725) in the same institution. Weight: 94 gr.

· Size: 13,5x10,5x4,5 cms