Lot Essay
Alms dishes surmounted by a figure of the Virgin are typically Mexican: see Cristina Esteras Martin, El Arte de la Plateria Mexicana 500 anos, Centro Cultural y arte contemporaneo, Mexico City, 1990, p. 259
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A RARE MEXICAN SILVER ALMS DISH
MEXICO CITY, DATED 1636
Circular, with a molded rim, the dished center with a raised boss surmounted by a figure of the Virgin of Guadeloupe, the rim engraved on the reverse with inscription ESTE PLATO SEDIO DELIMOSNA ALPUEBLO DESANTIAGO AYAPANGO YLODIO LA COFRADIA. ANO DE1636, struck on rim with crowned pillars of Hercules and with traces of quinto mark of arms of Spain--9 1/2in.(24.1cm.) diameter
(16oz., 509gr.) )
MEXICO CITY, DATED 1636
Circular, with a molded rim, the dished center with a raised boss surmounted by a figure of the Virgin of Guadeloupe, the rim engraved on the reverse with inscription ESTE PLATO SEDIO DELIMOSNA ALPUEBLO DESANTIAGO AYAPANGO YLODIO LA COFRADIA. ANO DE1636, struck on rim with crowned pillars of Hercules and with traces of quinto mark of arms of Spain--9 1/2in.(24.1cm.) diameter
(16oz., 509gr.) )