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A MAGNIFICENT EMBOSSED SOLID SILVER COFFER OF PALATIAL SCALE IN THE BAROQUE TASTE
DECORATED WITH INDIAN HUNTERS WEARING FEATHERED SKIRTS AND HEADDRESSES AND WITH MONKEYS, SQUIRRELS, POMEGRANATES AND FOLIAGE. THE DOMED TOP BEARING THE INSCRIPTION, “SOY DE MI AMO Y SENOR JOSE DE LA VEGA,” IN A SWIRLING CARTOUCHE. THE FRONT PANEL WITH FRAMED INITIALS, FLANKED BY CROWNED DOUBLE HEADED EAGLES SURROUNDING THE TWO HEART SHAPED KEY ESCUTCHEONS, THE END PANELS SHOWING EXOTIC BIRDS, THE BACK WITH A VASQUE HOLDING FRUITS AND LEAVES, WITH TWO HANDLES AND TWO KEYS STANDING ON BUN FEET.
Possibly Peruvian, circa c.18TH century
Dimensions
Height 23”/59.5cm
Width 32”/ 81cm
Depth 16”/ 40cm
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