A SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP

LATE 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY COLOMBIAN

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A SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP
LATE 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY COLOMBIAN
Flaring lobed circular, on spreading scalloped circualr base, flat chased wtih foliate scrolls, with two scroll handles, marked on interior with trace of what appears to be crowned pomegranate quinto marks
6¼in. (15.9cm.) high; 12oz. (384gr.)

拍品专文

A similar cup, struck with the same mark, is in a Spanish collection and illustrated in Cristina Esteras Martín, Marcas de Platería Hispanoamericana, 1992, fig. 25, the mark illustrated as no. 350. Dr. Esteras has recognized the similarity between the mark struck on this cup and the crowned pomegranate mark found on certain silver pieces salvaged from the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon sunk in 1622, which have been attributed to New Granada.