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Large silver candlestick holder from The Atocha, marked with crown in beaded circle

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:1,600.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Large silver candlestick holder from The Atocha, marked with crown in beaded circle
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Large and intact silver candlestick holder and hollow round base, marked with crown in beaded circle, certificate missing but with Fisher numbers 696 and 2061, ex-Christie's (1988). 517 grams, 10" tall and 7" in diameter. Very impressive artifact, solid and heavy and fully intact except for minor splits, chips and dents, with 7"-long stem of graduated-ring design screwed into a wide, tall, round base that bears a faint but distinctive crown marking on the bottom rim (showing tax paid), the surfaces only very lightly corroded and lightly toned, a significant item that originally sold for $5,280 in 1988. Note: The crown tax mark on this piece matches marks seen on 1649-52 cob 8 reales from Potosi that were recovered from the Capitana (1654), and it is attributed to Lima, Peru, in the book Marcas de Plateria Hispanoamericana, Siglos XVI-XX, by Cristina Esteras Martín. Pedigreed to the Christie's auction of June 1988 (lot #66) and our Auction #7 (lot #1859). Recovered from The Atocha 1622