Lot 65
65
A RARE COLONIAL SILVER INCENSE BOAT

Details
A RARE COLONIAL SILVER INCENSE BOAT
CIRCA 1620, MAKER'S MARK ?PO/?AR/?D?

Boat-shaped, on molded foot, chased overall with feathered scrolls, with central well and one hinged cover, with pierced foliate gallery and central bosses, marked on side with heraldic quinto mark of the arms of Spain with traces of a crown above, and with maker's mark --6¾in.(17.1cm.) long
(11oz., 367gr.)

Lot Essay

The quinto mark of the arms of Spain, enclosed by the motto of Philip IV, appeared on a significant number of silver articles recovered from the wreck of Nuestra Senora de Atocha, sunk off the Florida Keys in 1622 (see Christie's, New York, Gold and Silver of the Atocha and Santa Margarita, June 14-15, 1988, pp. 31-34)