MARK OF MIGUEL MARIA MARTEL, MEXICO CITY, LATE 18TH CENTURY, ALSO STRUCK WITH ASSAYER'S MARK OF JOSÉ MARIA FORCADA

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A Mexican silver salver
Mark of Miguel Maria Martel, Mexico City, late 18th century, also struck with assayer's mark of José Maria Forcada
Shaped circular, the centre engraved with a flower and a band of leaves, the wavy chased border engraved with flowers, marked on dish
25.2 cm. diam.
498 gr.

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Lot Essay

For a similar dish see:
Exhibition catalogue, Mexicaans zilver/Mexican silver, Museum voor de Sierkunst Gent, 25 september - 12 december 1993, p. 85, no. 90, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Gold und Silber aus Mexiko, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 18. Juni bis 19. Oktober 1997, p. 137, no. 157, illustrated.

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