Pair of Salvers
Viceroyalty of Peru (Peru), 17th century
Silver in own color, cast, beaten and chased
Silver in own color, cast, beaten and chased
23 x 7 cm each
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Provenance
Private collection, Spain
An extraordinary pair of silver salvers, each featuring a circular base that provides stability for carrying liquids, supporting a round platter or tray made up of a thick sheet of silver with a depression in the middle. This central orifice would have housed a recipient that may have been a little cup known as a “jícara”, possibly made of silver, cocobolo hardwood or gourd, with silver ornamentation, and intended to hold some kind of liquid, beverage or infusion.
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