Details
A 17th Spanish or Spanish colonial pendant Order of Santiago
The filigree reliquary of scallop shell design applied with the cross of St.James (few breaks to filigree, hinge to cover now rigid), with a ring en suite, circa 1650, 4.0cm. wide (2)
The filigree reliquary of scallop shell design applied with the cross of St.James (few breaks to filigree, hinge to cover now rigid), with a ring en suite, circa 1650, 4.0cm. wide (2)
Provenance
The above item was retrieved from the Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, a Spanish treasure ship that foundered in the Bahamas Channel in 1656 on its way back from the New World ladened with treasure. Cf. Christie's 3 October, 1990, lots 378-404