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Silviano Quintana — Cochiti silversmith hallmark namecard

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Overview

Silviano Quintana (1913–2003) was a Cochiti Pueblo silversmith working in a classic, hand-wrought style — bolos and buckles. He was a silversmith at Southwest Arts & Crafts in the late 1930s and a 1954 New Mexico State Fair award winner.

The corpus places him as a neighbor of Joe H. Quintana at Cochiti Pueblo — a neighbor, note, not a documented relative; Hougart states no family relation between them, nor to other Quintana silversmiths. His marks: an initial stamp our scan prints as 'SO' (given his initials this may be a scan artifact of 'SQ' — treat the letterform with care), plus 'Silviano Quintana' and 'Silviano' in etched script.

The Mark

"Silviano Quintana (1913-2003; Cochiti). Classic style; hand wrought; bolos, buckles. Silversmith at Southwest Arts & Crafts in the late 1930s.19 Neighbor of Joe H. Quintana at Cochiti Pueblo. 1954 New Mexico State Fair Award Winner. Marks: SO; Silviano Quintana (etched script); Silviano (etched script)"

— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), approx. p. ~24383.

The mark as documented in the Hougart corpus: SO (as printed in our scan — given his initials this may be an artifact of SQ); Silviano Quintana (etched script); Silviano (etched script).

References

Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry approx. p. ~24383.

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