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THE ARMS ARE, QUARTERLY: 1ST OSORIO [JULIO DE ATIENZA, BARON DE COBOS DE BELCHITE, DICCIONARIO NOBILIARIO, P.597], 2ND MENDIOLA [IDEM, P.530], 3RD LUNA [IDEM P.497], 4TH FAJARDO [IDEM, PP. 367-368]
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AN IMPORTANT MEXICAN SILVER DISH
MEXICO CITY, 1649-1662, ASSAY MASTER FRANCISCO DE ENA
OF PLAIN CIRCULAR FORM, THE REVERSE APPLIED WITH MOLDING, THE DEEP BOWL WITH RAISED CENTER, THE BORDER ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS, MARKED ON REVERSE, STRUCK ON REVERSE WITH TOWN MARK, ASSAY MASTER'S MARK AND TAX MARKED, ALSO STRUCK WITH ?PROPRIETOR'S MARK OF A HOUND FLANKED BY TWO STARS BELOW XX--13 5/8IN. (34.6CM.) DIAM.
(36 OZ.)
MEXICO CITY, 1649-1662, ASSAY MASTER FRANCISCO DE ENA
OF PLAIN CIRCULAR FORM, THE REVERSE APPLIED WITH MOLDING, THE DEEP BOWL WITH RAISED CENTER, THE BORDER ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS, MARKED ON REVERSE, STRUCK ON REVERSE WITH TOWN MARK, ASSAY MASTER'S MARK AND TAX MARKED, ALSO STRUCK WITH ?PROPRIETOR'S MARK OF A HOUND FLANKED BY TWO STARS BELOW XX--13 5/8IN. (34.6CM.) DIAM.
(36 OZ.)