Salvilla. Money. Valladolid, Spain, Antonio Ampudia, 1791.

Salvilla. Silver. Valladolid, Spain, Antonio Ampudia, 1791.
With contrasting and engraved marks.
Silver tray with feet and a top plate featuring a curved, slanted profile that creates crisp edges around the perimeter. It bears contrasting and engraved marks. The hallmarks on the pieces correspond to those of Valladolid Corte, the assayer's mark of Antonio González Téllez used in 1791, and that of a silversmith probably named Antonio Ampudia or de Ampudia. Antonio González Téllez (1720-1778) worked as an assayer in Valladolid between 1743 and 1774/78, and works by him dating from those provided are known. It is worth noting that he had two relatives with the same surname who worked as silversmiths in the same city (one of them being Eustasio González Téllez). Antonio Ampudia was a goldsmith who worked in Valladolid, and works by him are known from the last quarter of the 18th century and the first decade of the 19th century (cruets from the parish church of San Millán de Baltanás, etc.).
Weight: 802 grams. Dimensions: 28 x 28 x 6 cm