CRN Auctions - Collections and Estates Auction - June 2021

CRN AUCTIONS-COLLECTIONS AND ESTATES AUCTION 79: EXCEPTIONAL SPANISH COLONIAL INLAID TABERNACLE USD 8,000 - 12,000 18th c., Hispano-Filipinocylinder-form, bone inlaid tabernacle with double doors and silver ball and cross finial; the interior with chased silver framing holds carved bone figure of St. Christopher with baby Jesus on his shoulder, 8.5" tall. Each door is fitted with two carved santos/saints, total height 19"; 8.25" diam.; with doors open 18"wFrom the private collection of a Connecticut gentleman. 80: SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER LIDDED TUREEN WITH LADLE USD 1,000 - 1,500 Bolivia, 19th c., footed tureen with etched decoration, 9"h; 10"w (handle to handle); 40 troy oz. (1252g); ladle 13"; 7.3 troy oz. (226g) From the private collection of a Connecticut gentleman purchased in La Paz, Bolivia in 1970. La Paz is famous for its soups and celebrates an annual festival where 100 to 200 soups are offered. In earlier times, there was a parade with vehicles adored with tureens of this type. 81: (on 2) SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER MOUNTED MATE GOURDS USD 1,200 - 1,800 both for yerba mate, the taller with chained lid, 7.25"h; gourd 3.25" diam; the smaller for drinking with metal bombilla (straw), 4.5"h; gourd 2.75" diam. Known for it stimulant benefits, yerba mate was harvested from wild stands of the plant. The consumption of yerba mate became widespread in the Spanish colony of Paraguay in the late 16th century among Spanish settlers and indigenous Guaraní people. This widespread consumption turned it into Paraguay's main commodity above other wares like tobacco. Mate consumption spread in the 17th century to Chile and Peru. In the mid 17th century Jesuits managed to domesticate the plant and establish plantations in their Indian reductions in Misiones, sparking severe competition with the Paraguayan harvesters of wild stands. After the expulsion of the Jesuits in the 1770s their plantations fell into decay, as did their domestication secrets. 82: SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER INCENSE BURNER (SAHUMADOR) USD 300 - 500 19th c., possibly Argentina, the lidded bowl with bird finial nested in three floral lily stems mounted on incised dish with masque feet, 9.5"h; 6.25" diam.From the private collection of a Connecticut gentleman. 83: SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER AND NUT MONEY BOX (ALCANCIA) USD 2,000 - 3,000 Guatemala, 1780-1790, turkey-form, incised morro nut torso with applied silver turkey components, standing on rectangular silver base with ball feet. The initials JC and WH carved in the nut under the hinge of the lid indicate that this was a marriage money box.total 12.25"h; mounted on rectangular black marble base This is the fifth installment CRN Auctions has sold from the Spanish Colonial collection of this Connecticut gentleman. A morro nut, found in Central America and Southern Mexico, is commonly confused with a coconut. The style of the incised/scratch decoration was typical of 18th c. Guatemala. 84: (2) SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER DEVOTIONAL CROWNS USD 800 - 1,200 c. 1700, both pierced and foliate chased with ball finial supporting a cross, the larger with remnants of parcel gilt to top portion and winged cherub head beneath cross, 7.5"h; 5.5" max. diam.; 3.5" base diam.; 14.8 troy oz. (460g); the smaller from Peru set with glass stones, 4.75"h; 4" max. diam.; 2.5" base diam.; 3.9 troy oz. (incl. stones)From the collection of a Connecticut gentleman, the larger purchase Sotheby's NY 5/18/1994, lot 97. The smaller purchased Christies NY 10/25/1988, lot 169. 85: RARE MATCHED PAIR OF SPANISH COLONIAL LIDDED COCONUT USD 2,000 - 3,000 multiple marks on lids, GNZ Assayer, 1750-1760 Aguilasilver lids with bird finials; incised decoration to nut; pierced double, silver handles; on round, silver footed base, 6.5"h; 4"w (handle to handle)Marks similar in 'Maras de Plateria HispanoAmerican, Esteras', pg. 45, #115.