A FINE SPANISH RENAISSANCE SILVER-GILT EWER

VALLADOLID, CIRCA 1600, ASSAYMASTER ALONSO GUTTIEREZ, MAKER'S MARK PROBABLY M. MIGUEL

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A FINE SPANISH RENAISSANCE SILVER-GILT EWER
Valladolid, circa 1600, assaymaster Alonso Guttierez, maker's mark probably M. Miguel
On raised base, the body flat-chased with stylised scrolling foliage on matted ground, and between the moulded ribs with rabbits and animals within foliage, with straight everted spout cast with a bearded grotesque mask, the angular and scroll handle similarly chased, marked on base
19.5 cm. (7 5/8 in.) high
1,040 gr. (33 oz.)

Lot Essay

A. Fernandez, R. Munoa and J. Rabasco, in Enciclopedia de la Plata Espanola, Madrid, 1984, p. 231, nos 1-372 and 373 record a Pedro Miguel working at Valladolid at this date with a similar mark. Presumably M. Miguel was from the same family. A similarly chased ewer is illustrated by A. Fernandez, R. Munoa and J. Rabasco, op. cit, p. 472.

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