TWO SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT CHOCOLATE CUPS
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TWO SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT CHOCOLATE CUPS

THE FIRST NICARAGUA, 18TH CENTURY; THE SECOND, GUATEMALA, 18TH CENTURY

Closed26 October 2007

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TWO SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT CHOCOLATE CUPS
THE FIRST NICARAGUA, 18TH CENTURY; THE SECOND, GUATEMALA, 18TH CENTURY
The first carved with lions and foliage, applied with scroll handles, stamped leaf-form mounts, and a scalloped foot, cover possibly later; the second carved with stylized foliage and applied with scroll handles and stamped rococo mounts, on trumpet foot with spiralling chasing, apparently unmarked
Each approx. 4½ in. (11.3 cm.) to rim (2)

Specialist note

A very similar coconut cup attributed to León, Nicaragua, is illustrated in Cristina Esteras Martín, Orfebreria Hispanoamericana, 1986, fig. 46, p. 95.