A SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER PYX
GUATAMALA (ANTIGUA), 1550-1580
Circular, the removable domed cover with applied scrolls and engraved with cherub's masks and strapwork, the base engraved with scrolling foliage terminating in fantastical beasts, the sides engraved twice with a coat-of-arms beneath a Cardinal's hat, marked inside base with town mark, assay master's mark, and tax mark; the cover marked with tax mark (Cristina Esteras Martìn, nos. 261 and 263a)
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diameter; 14 oz. (441 gr.)
A SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER PYX
GUATAMALA (ANTIGUA), 1550-1580
Circular, the removable domed cover with applied scrolls and engraved with cherub's masks and strapwork, the base engraved with scrolling foliage terminating in fantastical beasts, the sides engraved twice with a coat-of-arms beneath a Cardinal's hat, marked inside base with town mark, assay master's mark, and tax mark; the cover marked with tax mark (Cristina Esteras Martìn, nos. 261 and 263a)
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diameter; 14 oz. (441 gr.)
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