A MEXICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CHALICE

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A MEXICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CHALICE
LATE 17TH CENTURY

On flat-domed circular base, with chased scrapwork on matted ground, rising to cylindrical stem with vase-form knop of similar scroll chasing, surmounted by the bowl with a molded mid-band, the rim and interior gilt, the base engraved with the inscription "ESTE CALIZ HIZO EL PADRE FRAI BARTHOLOME BNIRO CON LIMOSNAS DESTA CIUADE MONREXICCU," apparently unmarked--10 1/4in.(26cm.) high
(22oz.)