Description:

Latin America, Mexico, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A fine assemblage of four devotional santos crowns, each crafted in a distinctive style. The smallest crown is fashioned from copper filigree with a silver wash, inlaid with faceted multicolored glass. The next smallest example, also filigreed, tests as 86% silver and 10% gold, displaying intricate openwork ornamentation. The third filigree crown is 94% silver, adorned with translucent faceted glass inlays. The largest crown, cast from brass with a silver wash, has a wire cross finial. These crowns would have been affixed to religious sculptures, such as the Virgin Mary, during feast days and processions as symbols of reverence and divine majesty. Size of largest: 3.5" W x 2.25" H (8.9 cm x 5.7 cm); silver quality: 86% to 94%; total combined weights of silver crowns: 34.8 grams

Provenance: private Westminster, Colorado, USA collection

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#199228

  • Condition: Midsized filigree silver crown is missing a large piece of the rim, and has white oxidation. Missing glass inlays and finial on the largest silver crown, slightly bent panels, and white patina. Smallest crown is missing a glass inlay, and has white patina and slightly misshapen. The largest has bending to panels and finial.

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