A Large Parcel-Gilt Silver Dish, Probably Mexican, Circa 1600

With an appreciation from Cristina Esteras Martin, who notes the Flamenco origin of the star 12-sided form, and cites a Valladolid example as early as 1520, illus. Enciclopedia de la Plata Espanola y Virreinal Americana, no 1355, p 420, adding that the form travels to the Spanish Colonies thereafter. She praises its aesthetic quality, (translated from Spanish as “an exquisite piece that comes to enrich this unknown chapter of secular silverwork).