Jerry Quintana — T.Skies Co-Op

Name-card for Jerry Quintana (Cochiti silversmith) — T.Skies Silversmith Directory

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Cochiti Pueblo · documented in the T.Skies hallmark reference library

Jerry Quintana (1915–1995) is a Cochiti Pueblo silversmith working in a traditional style. The corpus notes a mark-attribution complication: the mark J Q or T Q was shared with Terecita Quintana, and some experienced sources believe the mark to be for Terecita only, not Jerry. Hougart also notes that Jerry Quintana is not related to the Joe H. Quintana family — a separate Cochiti silversmithing family documented in the same source.

Mark-attribution caution: Pieces marked J Q or T Q cannot be confidently attributed to Jerry Quintana without additional provenance; Terecita Quintana may be the primary user of this mark.

Traditional Cochiti silversmithing draws on stamp work, set stones, and hand-wrought construction passed down through family and community apprenticeship.

The Mark

"J Q or T Q (the mark was shared with Terecita Quintana; some experienced sources believe the mark to be for Terecita only — not Jerry)" — Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).

References

Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Approx. p. ~24637.

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