Lot 668
  • 668

A Spanish Colonial silver small covered pot, Guatemala, late 18th century

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base with Guatemala mark and crown tax mark
  • silver, wood
  • height of first 3 3/4 in.
  • 9.5 cm
bulbous form with turned wood handle, the base engraved with initials. Together with a shell-form baptismal scoop, marked twice with crown tax mark, and a thurible chased with matted stylized foliage, the cover pierced, marked with crown tax mark on rim of cover and base and on canopy. 3 pieces.

Provenance

Shell scoop: Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1993, lot 104

Condition

the pot and scoop good; the thurible with section of base rim missing, damaged where chains go through cover
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