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Lot 83 : SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER AND NUT MONEY BOX (ALCANCIA)

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SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER AND NUT MONEY BOX (ALCANCIA)
Guatemala, 1780-1790, turkey-form, incised morro nut torso with applied silver turkey components, standing on rectangular silver base with ball feet. The initials JC and WH carved in the nut under the hinge of the lid indicate that this was a marriage money box.
total 12.25"h; mounted on rectangular black marble base
This is the fifth installment CRN Auctions has sold from the Spanish Colonial collection of this Connecticut gentleman.
A morro nut, found in Central America and Southern Mexico, is commonly confused with a coconut. The style of the incised/scratch decoration was typical of 18th c. Guatemala.
Nut has indistinct age cracks and front opening re-pieced; small tear in a silver feather near lid; the red beaded snood a replacement.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Realized: $2,400 - Excluding Buyer's Premium


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