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Lot 90 : SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER SHELL-FORM LIDDED BOX (COQUERA)

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SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER SHELL-FORM LIDDED BOX (COQUERA)
19thc., Colombia, shell-form, shaped lid, chased florals, vines, stylized angels and nymphs to all sides, raised paw feet; with key, 7"h; 11"w
This type of box was commonly used to store coca leaves or yerba mate leaves
The priest Mariano Lorenzanos wrote to King Philip III asking him to stop the yerba production and consumption to both "stop the vice" and the cruelty of the enslavement of the indigenous people working at the harvesting the plants.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Realized: $3,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium


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