Property of
A GENTLEMAN
AN IMPORTANT SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COFFER
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AN IMPORTANT SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COFFER
PROBABLY PERUVIAN, CIRCA 1800
Of deep oblong form on four massive paw feet headed by acanthus and applied with multi-scroll pilasters, elaborately chased with scrolling acanthus and anthemion, the hinged domed cover repousse and chased and centering a foliate scroll and shell cartouche with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a coronet, the hasp cast and chased with rocaille and scrolls, with wood base and interior wood lining, apparently unmarked--43in.(109.2cm.) long, 34½in.(87.5cm.) high
PROBABLY PERUVIAN, CIRCA 1800
Of deep oblong form on four massive paw feet headed by acanthus and applied with multi-scroll pilasters, elaborately chased with scrolling acanthus and anthemion, the hinged domed cover repousse and chased and centering a foliate scroll and shell cartouche with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a coronet, the hasp cast and chased with rocaille and scrolls, with wood base and interior wood lining, apparently unmarked--43in.(109.2cm.) long, 34½in.(87.5cm.) high