SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER BAPTISM DISH,18th century, Cuzco School. Generous shell bowl with scalloped rim, raised 'hinge' elaborately repousse with foliage, scrolls and flowers; back splash also repousse and pierced with cornucopia bearing feathers, featuring central 'Pillars of Hercules' coat-of-arms of Charles V, surmounted by crown, all on three weighted fully molded conch shell feet. - App. wt.: 44 oz.; H: 9 1/2 in.; W:17 1/2 in. Estimate $2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired at auction in Argentina in the 1970s.
EXHIBITED: Art Museum of the Americas, 'The Organization of American States', May 2-June 29, 1991. George Washington University Dimock Gallery, June 6-September 12, 1991.
PUBLISHED: "The Temples of Gold, Crowns of Silver: Reflections of Majesty in the Viceregal Americas,"1991, Barbara von Barghahn, illustrated p. 56.
NOTE: A similar dish is published in 'Plateria Sudamericana,' by A. Taullard, Buenos Aires, plate 162.
