SILVER CUP (TEMBLADERA) OR WINE TASTING CUP. 18TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Miscellaneus / Silver
Reference: ZE367
Wine-tasting glass or wine cup. Silver. 18th century. One handle is missing. A vessel known as a wine glass or tembladera (due to its lack of a foot), made of silver in its natural color, with a flat, curved, S-shaped handle decorated with simplified vegetal motifs, and a line of scalloped shapes around the rim, highlighted by a plain band. The interior features strings of pearls and dots, and a cross at the bottom. Bernegales and tembladeras with scalloped shapes were common pieces in 17th-century Spanish silverwork, but were generally relegated to less prominent centers in the 18th century. Compare with pieces such as the silver bernegal from the last third of the 17th century in the Lázaro Galdiano Museum (perhaps of the Portuguese school; inventory 3916), or the one dated between 1640 and 1665 in the same museum (inventory 3910), or that of José Jiménez de Illescas (inventory 3915, dated 1715-1725) in the same institution. Weight: 101 grams.
· Size: 12x10x4 cms.
650 €
