Featured Large Tea Strainer, Cast an' Hand-Pierced: More Illegible Marks

This is the last of today's offerings, gentle folks!

The bowl an' its rim are cast; the handle is 0.067" sheet stock, hand-chased an' stippled. All I can get from the mark is (a portion of) the first word, MUNO or NUNO, with a tilde over the second N. At the other end may be either a cat's face, or a 3-blade propeller, in an irregular cartouche; the middle mark has a partial square cartouche but is otherwise illegible to me. The piercing is drilled (for jeweler's saw-blade access) then sawn; there are 43 drilled holes, 42 curved cuts totaling about 24 inches in length. Exquisite work, imo. Rim diameter is ~2 3/4", bowl diameter is ~2 3/4", depth is ~1 1/4", handle is ~2 3/4" long; weight is 2.04 ozt. I hope some of you can help me ID this little delight...thanks for lookin!

 

IMHO-This piece is definitely the most interesting to me,but my silver knowledge is minimal.
PS-I hesitate to 'tag' anybody to help you ID this because I confuse our collectors (gatherers) with our experts on country & maker .You might do that Whit-we should have a few hallmark pros here.

 

It just occurred to me...could the 'name' be MUÑOZ?
Thats what a good night's sleep will do fer a fella!

 

I was wondering if it said Munoz also. There is this Munoz Arce but no idea if it's related.

https://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASMUNOZSPAIN.html




Muñoz Arce Madrid from 1930

 

BINGO!
Excellent work, sis...Spot On.
Thanks!

 

Muñoz Arce, Madrid, from 1930-I would've estimated 18th-19th cent,but then that's my silver knowledge.

 

There is a website...blank, an' non-secure at that!
I sure would like to know more, but apparently they weren't renown, in spite of obvious talent...an' with Madrid as a base!

 

Love the hand-cut cross motif,guess I had ancient on the brain ! Still-we got what we got,damn pretty though.

 

1930...tht's still almost 100 years..