An Important Spanish Colonial silver tureen, cover and stand, Miguel Guerra, Guatemala, circa 1780-90 bombé circular, half fluted, and raised on tall riveted shellwork feet headed by three dimensional flowerheads, the ropework handles terminate in sprays of fully-modeled flowers and leaves, the body engraved with italic initials GZ, the cover with rippled shellwork rim and matching finial, the stand with radially fluted center, scalloped rim, and grapevine handles marked on base of tureen with maker’s mark Guerra in italics, Santiago city mark, crown tax mark, the latter repeated on each foot, the cover marked with maker, city and tax mark, the stand with maker, city and tax mark, the latter twice length of stand over handles 15 ¼ in. 38.8 cm 111 oz 15 dwt 3477 g
An Important Spanish Colonial silver tureen, cover and stand, Miguel Guerra, Guatemala, circa 1780-90 bombé circular, half fluted, and raised on tall riveted shellwork feet headed by three dimensional flowerheads, the ropework handles terminate in sprays of fully-modeled flowers and leaves, the body engraved with italic initials GZ, the cover with rippled shellwork rim and matching finial, the stand with radially fluted center, scalloped rim, and grapevine handles marked on base of tureen with maker’s mark Guerra in italics, Santiago city mark, crown tax mark, the latter repeated on each foot, the cover marked with maker, city and tax mark, the stand with maker, city and tax mark, the latter twice length of stand over handles 15 ¼ in. 38.8 cm 111 oz 15 dwt 3477 g
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