SILVER CUP (TEMBLADERA) OR WINE TASTING CUP. 18TH CENTURY.
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Reference: ZE366
Catavinos or quaking glass. Silver. 18th century. Vessel known as a catavinos or tembladera (as it has no foot) made of silver in its colour with two curved flat handles decorated with simplified plant elements, and a line of mortise (gallon-shaped shapes) on the edge enhanced by bands of sunken dots that remain in relief on the inside of the piece, where they extend and frame the decoration on the bottom. In this area there is a flower, enhanced with a line of dots. Bernegales and mortise-shaped bernegales were frequent pieces in Spanish silverware in the 17th century, usually being relegated to centres of somewhat less importance 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 from the Portuguese school; inventory 3916), or the one dated between 1640 and 1665 from the same museum (inventory 3910), or the one by José Jiménez de Illescas (inventory 3915, dated 1715-1725) in the same institution. Weight: 79 grams.
· Size: 15x11x4 cms.
900 €
