Lot 308
308
Property from an Estate
A GUATEMALAN SILVER SAUCEBOAT

MAKER'S MARK OF GREGORIO DE AVILA, NUEVA GUATEMALA DE ASUNCIÓN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details
A GUATEMALAN SILVER SAUCEBOAT
MAKER'S MARK OF GREGORIO DE AVILA, NUEVA GUATEMALA DE ASUNCIÓN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Boat-shaped, on spreading oval base, with scroll handle and scalloped rim, the body applied with foliage, marked under base with crown quinto mark, Santiago over mountians and maker's mark
length over handle 8½in. (21.6cm.); 17oz. (536gr.)

Lot Essay

The influence of French forms and motifs on work produced by the Avila and Guerra families in Guatemala is well illustrated in this sauceboat. It is interesting to note that the decoration is applied, rather than chased. The same marks are illustrated in Cristina Esteras Martín, La Platería del Museo Franz Mayer, 1992, p. 249.