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Coffee pot (cafetera)

about 1770
Object Place: Antigua, Guatemala

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Overall: 26.7 x 19.1 x 12.7 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 in.)
Credit Line Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number2015.3093
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware

Marks "Santiago over volcanoes" mark and "Crown" tax mark on bottom
Inscriptions"YP" conjoined and various letters inscribed on base
ProvenanceApril 12, 1988, sold at Christie's, New York, lot 329A, to private collection, Connecticut; 2015, sold by private collection at Sotheby's, New York, "Collections: Silver, Vertu, and Russian Works of Art", sale N09409, October 14, 2015, lot 333, to the MFA. (Accession date: November 18, 2015)