SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT MONEY BOX (ALCANCIA)
Guatemala, late 18th c.
overall carving and inscribed SYO (SOY) DE CASILDA MURITO (I belong to to Casilda Murito), silver hardware, mounted in a leaf-form silver footed base, 4.25"h; the nut 4.75"w
Ex the private collection of a Connecticut gentleman and his wife who resided for ten years in Latin America beginning in 1962.
One of the silver hinges has separated.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Realized: $1,700 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 127 : SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT MONEY BOX (ALCANCIA)
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