The One
The One
Property of Northern California Collectors
A Rare Spanish Colonial Silver-Gilt Two-Handled Cup from the Atocha Shipwreck, Bogotá, Colombia, circa 1620
Auction Closed
February 2, 03:31 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 90,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
on short reel foot, the body formed of ten lobes with incised lines on the exterior, short double scroll handles, the raised center chased with raised scrolls, presumably formerly enameled, marked inside two lobes with the city mark for Bogotá
Length over handles 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm)
Lost with the Spanish Treasure galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha, sunk 5-6 October 1622 off the Florida Keys.
Recovered in 1985 by Mel Fisher and Treasure Salvors, Inc.
Sold Christie's New York, Gold and Silver from the Atocha and Santa Margarita, 14-15 June 1988, lot 72
Christie's, New York, 16 April 1999, lot 161
Partridge Fine Arts, London
West Coast Private Collection
National Geographic Society, Atocha: Quest for Treasure (televison special), 1986.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork, 1530-1830, September 28 - December 12, 2004, catalogue entry by Cristina Esteras Martin.