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Silver cup with Mexican silversmith stamp from the late 1600s, found on land north of the 1715 Fleet

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:2,800.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Silver cup with Mexican silversmith stamp from the late 1600s, found on land north of the 1715 Fleet
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Silver cup with Mexican silversmith stamp from the late 1600s, found on land north of the 1715 Fleet area, pictured and described in West of the Bull (Armstrong, 2013). 175 grams, 2-5/8" tall and 2-1/2" in diameter. This solid, uncorroded silver artifact (still bright and shiny like when it was made) was found by the Andrews family on Playalinda Beach in 1960 in an area believed to be filled in from borrow pits much farther south. The marking is listed in Marcas de Plateria Hispanoamericana (Esteras Martin, 1992) as possibly Nueva Veracruz (with the letters NV appearing below the head of Charles II between two pillars) in Mexico, ca. 1675-1700. Intact except for minor crease where it was re-straightened and small split at top. Pictured on page 25 of West of the Bull, by Armstrong (2013), a copy of which (autographed by Randy Andrews) is included with this lot. Recovered from: Spanish 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida