A Mexican Silver Incense Boat, Marked With a Crowned F, Mexico City, Circa 1600-1620
Auction Closed
January 30, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
conventional form, with chased strapwork, marked on foot, body and lid, with city mark and a crowned F
9 3/4 oz; 303 g
length 5 1/2 in.; 14 cm
For the Crowned F mark see Cristina Esterez Martin, Marcas de Platería Hispanoamericana Siglos XVI-XX, Ediciones Tuero 1992, p. 15-17. Martin notes this mark on another naveta (incense boat) in a private collection in Mexico, as well as on chalices and ecclesiastic silver of circa 1600.
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