A PAIR OF SILVER PROCESSIONAL STAFFS

SPANISH OR SPANISH COLONIAL, 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SILVER PROCESSIONAL STAFFS
SPANISH OR SPANISH COLONIAL, 17TH CENTURY
Each baluster with flanges and chased overall with scrolls, marked on most components with town mark of a horse's head facing right and a maker's mark V.D. over VBIEDO
15in. (38.1cm.) high; gross weight 55oz. (1710gr.) (2)

Lot Essay

It is possible that this mark is a hitherto unrecorded version of the town mark for Medina de Rioseco, a town located not far from Valladolid (see Ferñandez, Munoa and Rabasco, Enciclopedia de la Plata Española y virreinal americana, 1985, no. 843.