El marcaje de la plata en Castilla y Aragón. Segunda parte: Aragón

After having presented the marking of silver in Castile and in some European centres, we study, in this second part, the peculiar silver marking in the Kingdom of Aragon, which is not related to that existing in Castile, France or the Netherlands. In Saragossa, the silver marking was supervised by jurors elected by the City Council from among its members, although they had the technical help of silversmiths. The result was that the silver was marked with a mark alluding to the city. It was not necessary for silversmiths to mark silver with their personal mark. The marking system of the city of Zaragoza/Saragossa was also used in other important cities of the Kingdom such as Tarazona, Calatayud or Daroca, although some silversmiths added their personal mark due to the influence of the marking of Castile. However, throughout the 18th century, and especially after the decree of 1752 on the marking of silver, the triple Castilian marking was generalized in the cities of the Crown of Aragon.