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Tray
Made by: Los Castillo (Mexican, founded in 1942)
about 1955
Object Place: Taxco, Mexico
Medium/Technique
Mixed metals
Dimensions
Overall: 2.5 × 29.8 × 45.1 cm (1 × 11 3/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James Tracy and James Black
Accession Number2017.1364
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsMetalwork
DescriptionMixed-metals tray, rectangular copper with a gold starburst with white five-point star and two gold stars pictured.
Marks
Hecho en México. Hand-wrought. Circular stamp with inscription: "Los Casillo, Taxco. Metales Castillo. 204"
InscriptionsHecho en México. Hand-wrought. Circular stamp with inscription: "Los Casillo, Taxco. Metales Castillo. 204"
ProvenanceBy December, 1990, Jim Tracey and Jim Black, New York, NY; 2017, gift of Tracey and Black to MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)